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He gaed&nbsp;a few unexpected fans the gay muny&nbsp;today, but the notorly God-fearg quarterback sred off the very supporters who saw him as a Christian celebry &mdash; they&#39;re llg his about-face on an anti-gay marriage pastor &quot;disastro.&quot;

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DO MATTER WHAT TIM TEBOW THKS ABOUT GAY ISSU?

Six years ago this week, Tebow was makg major headl around the Super Bowl for his appearance an ad om anti-gay evangelil group Foc on the Fay. 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.

WATCH: TIM TEBOW LOOKS A LTLE GAY HERE

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. Whatever the reason, good for Tebow for sayg “No” to this anti-gay of this means that Tebow is steppg out of the spotlight.

IS TIM TEBOW GAY?

Some of his peers even thought he was a secret homosexual. People believe Te'o was tfished to the whole thg while others believed he may be gay and was merely g the Kekua story as a way of hidg his relatnship wh Tuiasosopo. Grer got an endorsement al wh Nike after she me out, markg the first time the pany had announced a partnership wh an openly gay athlete.

Rodgers has flat out nied beg homosexual, but his former roommate has been persistent sayg they were more than iends.

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WATCH: Tim Tebow looks a ltle gay here - Dallas Voice .

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