Lots of professional sports teams — mostly in baseball — have made videos for Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” project, but no NFL teams have stepped up to the plate yet. There’s a new petition at Change.org asking the Denver Broncos to be the first. I think this petition is wonderful and hilarious because Tebow.
Little Timmy Tebow is all the rage right now, idolized by Fundamentalist Christians for his willingness to show off his faith to everyone by kneeling and praying, AKA “Tebowing,” in the middle of the field. Also, his throwing style is quite unique, drawing comparisons to the throwing styles of six year-old girls. Indeed, people are talking about him so much that last night, his name was connected to two of the Republican candidates for losing the presidential election to Barack Obama.
For instance, from last night’s debate:
9.16pm: Asked why he is so rubbish, Rick Perry claims that like star quarterback Tim Tebow – actually not a very good quarterback but he somehow still wins games – he can be better than he looks. “I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses,” says Perry. Perry will be lucky to be the Forrest Gump of the Iowa caucuses.
And then yesterday, one of Santorum’s supporter/s said this:
Rick Santorum reached the milestone of visiting all of Iowa’s 99 counties in November, and he’s making return trips now — by car and minivan, rather than bus. Chuck Laudner, a Santorum backer, has been involved in many Iowa campaigns. Laudner suggests Santorum is a bit like the underestimated quarterback of the Denver Broncos who has led the team to a string of surprising victories.
“They’re watching the Tim Tebow of the Republican process out there, working all the way through the 4th quarter,” Laudner told Radio Iowa this morning.
Uh, yeah, wow. Both of those links come from Tbogg by the way.
So yes, I want an “It Gets Better” video from Tim “Aren’t You Glad I Wasn’t An Abortion?” Tebow and his team. And maybe it will even make Timmy himself feel better, next time he’s having one of those games that causes him to cry. It gets better, LGBT kids, and it gets better, Tim Tebow!
Sign the petition here.
Like gay homophobes, people who feel the need to slam their religion in the face of everyone else are probably those who also have the most doubts about their Faith. Also, Christ lambasted the Pharisees for their phony public displays of piety. Tim should go home, wipe off his biblical makeup and like Jesus said, “pray in a closet”.
This seems to be just the homos trying to get a good christian man to bend to their will. Kind of pathetic honestly.
Andrew anyone who opposes the equality of LGBTs isn’t good although he or she may be christian.
Andrew, while Christians are often good people, being a Christian doesn’t make anyone a good person. And those who display their pious Christianity like a badge of superiority immediately raise my suspicions that they are rabid members of the:
Biblical
Institute for
God-
Ordained
Tyranny.
They rarely disappoint.
Andrew anyone who opposes the equality of LGBTs isn’t good although he or she may be christian-Priya Lynn
Says who??? Is this an absolute statement, or are you just stating your opinion?
You’re missing my point. There are probably several NFL players willing to make a video like this,so what I don’t understand is why “Little Timmy” is the one being singled out. Signing a petition to get someone to do something they don’t want to do just seems very…egotistical.
And you don’t wonder at all why someone wouldn’t want to tell bullied children that their lives will get better?
Its an absolute statment EDH. If you don’t support the equality of all people you ARE a bad person.
Oh, I got your point alright, Andrew. You think a person can be a bigot and a good person. They can’t.
He has sponsors and his “image” to worry about, which could prevent him from making this video. Trying to pressure him to do something he doesn’t feel he can do (financially or spiritually or whatever,) really isn’t any better than mistreating gays.
Pressuring someone to do the right thing is in no way similar to mistreating gays.
Its an absolute statment EDH. If you don’t support the equality of all people you ARE a bad person.–Priya Lyn
What do you mean by “supporting” the equality of all people? Surely, it must be impossible to “support” all people. There are so many conflicting world views, should everyone whose opinions we disagree with be considered “bad”? What makes your statement of “If you don’t support the equality of all people, you are a bad person” an absolute rather than an opinion?
So he’s either a narcissist or a coward. Maybe both. And how is asking him to say that things will get better for bullied children anything like bullying gay youth to the point of suicide?
And EDH, it’s really simple. If you think a group of people who harm no one should be discriminated against, you are a bad person. If that’s your worldview, than it’s a bad worldview. Harming a person or group of people who have done nothing to harm you makes you a bad person, no matter what pretty words you try to dress it up in to ease your conscience.
If helping kids get through school was the primary goal of this article, than TWO would spend resources finding an NFL player who would actually be willing to make the video. But instead resources are being wasted on someone who may not want to make the video, which of course causes absolutely nothing to get done that could benefit anyone. If TWO would stop “bullying” Tebow into making a video than they could actually accomplish something that would help kids get through school.