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He gaed a few unexpected fans the gay muny today, but the notorly God-fearg quarterback sred off the very supporters who saw him as a Christian celebry — they're llg his about-face on an anti-gay marriage pastor "disastro."

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He gaed a few unexpected fans the gay muny today, but the notorly God-fearg quarterback sred off the very supporters who saw him as a Christian celebry — they're llg his about-face on an anti-gay marriage pastor "disastro. "This article is om the archive of our partner gaed a few unexpected fans the gay muny today, but notorly God-fearg quarterback Tim Tebow may have sred off the very supporters who saw him as a Christian celebry even as his NFL reer has fizzled — they're llg his about-face on an anti-gay marriage pastor "disastro, " and clarg "his street cred wh the evangelil muny" all but Thursday morng, via a strg of tweets, the backup QB for the New York Jets (for now, at least) ncelled an upg appearance at the First Baptist Church Dallas.

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Tebow's send-gusg followed reports that First Baptist pastor Robert Jefs attacked gay marriage, Islam, and Mormonism several rerd sermons.

The turnaround surprised many of Tebow's crics — who have noted his support for the vehemently anti-gay anizatn Foc on the Fay — and, equal measure, left some of his more vol supporters on the Christian right more than gobsmacked.

The fluential nservative rad host Bryan Fischer, for one, lled Tebow a "ward": Do he disagree wh him when he says that homosexualy is a s? Meanwhile, Tebow's turnaround on the speech Dallas has earned him aclas om outlets like the gay-themed sports webse OutSports, whose founr wrote today: It’s hard to believe the cisn om anythg but a revelatn about Jefs’ anti-gay preachg that fli the face of Tebow’s (generally) more posive and clive msag.

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Whatever the reason, good for Tebow for sayg “No” to this anti-gay of this means that Tebow is steppg out of the spotlight. On Monday, two stori ptivated the sports world: pro basketball player Jason Colls me out as gay, and the outspoken Christian quarterback Tim Tebow was cut om the New York Jets. People who oppose gay civil rights are feelg beleaguered right now.

NY JETS' TIM TEBOW, AN EVANGELIL CHRISTIAN, HAS STAYED QUIET ON ISSU OF ABORTN, GAY MARRIAGE

OK, and y, the ostentat and celebrated kneelg pose that gave “tebow” as a he won the Heisman Trophy 2007, then beme a first-round draft pick for the Brons 2010, evangelils rejoiced that one of their own -- an all-around nice kid mted to spreadg the gospel, matag his virgy until marriage and thankg J for every touchdown -- had ma a world of off-field narcissists and ’s the same kd of tribal elatn many gays are feelg now that one of their own -- an aggrsive, foul-prone player who happens to be the anthis of the fey, gay stereotype -- has e out and add need nuance to the hypermascule world of Amerin profsnal all-male team spe of my polics, I happen to be a big fan of the very sly 2010 Super Bowl mercial that starred Tebow and his mother, Pam.

The ad was sponsored by Foc on the Fay, the evangelil Christian group that has waged an csant war agast gay civil rights, gay marriage and ’s fay has always claimed that when Pam was pregnant wh Tim, doctors the Philipp, where the Tebows were workg as missnari, urged her to have an abortn. To me, their fay story is not worth fightg is worth fightg over, however, is the fay’s ditn to unrmg the rights of women to terme their own reproductive liv, and their tac nial of gay rights.

As everyone now knows, Washgton Wizards backup center Jason Colls, who has travelled around the Natnal Basketball Associatn for more than a , announced a Sports Illtrated ver story that he was gay. To hear them tell , the untry still perceiv open homosexuals the ways did before Stonewall while Christians rry the day as they did the days of Cotton Mather.

TIM TEBOW NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

And that's jt not the at the programs on broadst televisn and basic ble, as my iend Jane Turner – formerly of "Friday Night Lights" and "Northern Exposure" and who now hosts a daily rad program on KPRC 950AM out of Hoton if you e iHeartRad – has suggted on more than one are more homosexual characters appearg regularly on televisn right now than those who hold openly nservative or Christian polil views.

This is not to suggt that there ought to be quotas or anythg of the sort; 's jt evince that gays creasgly get cultural acceptance while nservativ and Christians are treated like vars om another is, of urse no evince that Tebow was let go om the team bee of his mment to Christ.

TIM TEBOW, JETS QUARTERBACK, TO SPEAK AT VILENTLY ANTI-GAY, ANTI-SEMIC CHURCH FIRST BAPTIST DALLAS

"Read San Milligan: Jason Colls Comg Out as Gay Can Change Sports for the BetterRead Peter Roff: How Bc' Retirement Affects Tax ReformCheck out U. He did a pro-life Super Bowl ad that generated a lot of ntroversy, but there is no rerd of any of his views on gay issu. The Tim' piece and a recent one the New York Daily News by Michael O'Keefe (another iend of Outsports), referenced a Washgton Post profile last year, where Sally Qun tried to ask Tebow about gay marriage:.

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If he is agast gay marriage (as his relign would suggt), that would hurt him among a large segment of the populatn. If he is for gay marriage (as more and more young evangelils are), that would hurt him among his large fan base that would expect him to support their "tradnal" views.

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