Arguing Dungy-Style

Just a week after Marine Corps General Peter Pace received heavy criticism for his statements about homosexuality in the military, Super Bowl champion coach Tony Dungy waded into similarly unfriendly waters. He accepted an award from the Indiana Family Institute, a leading supporter of an amendment that would uphold heterosexual marriage.

“I appreciate the stance [the Indiana Family Institute] is taking, and I embrace that stance,” Dungy said in his acceptance speech.

Dungy has earned for himself a reputation as an all-American good guy: from the fortitude he displayed in the aftermath of his son’s suicide last year, to his modest acceptance of his Super Bowl victory in February.

But even America’s sweethearts can fall out of public favor really quickly, especially if they dare to speak out their Christian beliefs—and especially if they are willing to speak out with an unpopular opinion about same-sex “marriage.”

In his acceptance speech at the award banquet, Dungy said he agreed with the Indiana Family Institute because he believed they were taking the biblical position on marriage—not because they were anti-gay.

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