"WHAT IF THE NFL PLAYERS WERE PROTESTING ABORTION INSTEAD?" - Steven Ertelt, Sep. 27, 2017 | http://www.lifenews.com/2017/09/27/what-if-the-nfl-players-were-protesting-abortion-instead/ AS I SEE IT: Now here is a suggestion about a protest by NFL players I could support (though only if it didn't happen during the playing of the national anthem). Couldn't happen, you say? Well, the guy in the picture below is not a random selection for this article. The player in the picture actually did take a stand against abortion many years ago. I don' recall whether it got much media attention but as left-leaning as the mainstream press is, I am certain the reporting was more negative than positive. Please note the excerpt from the article noted after this one. Question: I wonder why his teammates and the owner did't stand "united" with HIM when he did this? Oh yeah, what he did was "politically incorrect." - Stan]
Many Americans support the Free Speech rights of the NFL players to protest but a large percentage of Americans believe protesting the national anthem is not appropriate and it’s disrespectful to the country. They believe the football players should choose another venue to protest what they perceive as racism. Because the NFL football players are protesting racism — the mainstream media and many on the left are hailing them as Heroes.
But what if they were protesting for a cause that is not seen as quite so cool in the media limelight. What if they were protesting for people who Hollywood Elites look down upon? What if they were refusing to stand and place their hands on their hearts and respect to their country to back a class of people who faced the ultimate discrimination?
What if they were sitting down or kneeling to protest abortion?
That is a question one opinion columnist has asked ["Dan Fagan: If NFL players protested abortion or police killings, what would happen?" - by Dan Fagan, Sep. 26, 2017; http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/article_a954aab8-a23b-11e7-b14f-075f28a21add.html :
"The media are so excited that some NFL players had the courage to disrespect our nation’s flag this past Sunday, protesting racism in America. The coverage locally and nationally could not be more sympathetic. Ten New Orleans Saints sat during the national anthem, and Coach Sean Payton proclaimed he was proud of every one of them."
"Question: What would have happened if some players wore a patch Sunday, with a baby on it, protesting abortion? Do you think the media would be doing backflips to praise them? How about the Saints organization or the NFL? Would we have seen the same support as we did from elites for the national anthem protesters? Would Coach Payton express his pride for his men for standing up for the unborn? We will never know because the NFL would have shut down a pro-life protest before it could begin."
"Remember the tragic police massacre in Dallas last year? Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wanted his team to wear a decal on their helmets honoring the five officers killed in an ambush. The NFL would have none of it. But protesting the flag? Have at it, boys!"
It’s easy to protest for a fashionable cause. Thank God there are a handful of NFL players who have taken up the cause of the unborn. [see article noted below]
[bold, italics, and colored emphasis mine]
"NFL Player Who Refused to Meet Pro-Abortion President Obama Will Headline March for Life" - Steven Ertelet, Dec. 16, 2015; http://www.lifenews.com/2015/12/16/nfl-player-who-refused-to-meet-obama-because-hes-pro-abortion-will-headline-march-for-life/
"A former NFL football player for the Baltimore Ravens, who once refused to meet President Barack Obama because he;s pro-abortion, will headline this year’s March for Life. The March for Life is an annual event with more than half a million people going to the nation’s capital to memorialized the 57 million unborn babies who have been victimized since Roe v. Wade was handed down in January 1973."
"Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman Matt Birk is pro-life — so when it came time for the Ravens to visit President Barack Obama for the annual congratulations ceremony for the Super Bowl winners , he decided not to go."
“I wasn’t there,” Birk said in 2013 when he refused to meet with Obama. “I would say this, I would say that I have great respect for the office of the Presidency but about five or six weeks ago, our president made a comment in a speech and he said, ‘God bless Planned Parenthood.’”
Birk is a Catholic and indicated that he took offense to Obama’s comments...".
No comments:
Post a Comment