Michael Sam and the ADA mixup

By: American Decency Staff

We started the day with hate emails and posts on our Facebook alleging that we are behind a protest in Dallas against the Dallas Cowboys in their hiring of homosexual and homosexual activist Michael James. 

 A few examples suffice:  

Jesus weeps for bigots like these idiots. There is not an ounce of human decency to be found in them.

 You make Christians look bad, and I am a Christian!!!!   Shame on you!

And, a few others that we deleted due to their vitriolic content.

In saying, this, we are not the group in Texas using the name “American Decency” headed by Jack Burkman that is being targeted as planning a protest against football player Michael Sam in Dallas this Sunday.

However, let me make it clear:  We at American Decency Association do support Biblical, traditional marriage.

To document the errant reporting, see the following headline from a local CBS affiliate in Dallas, Texas (CBS 11 news):

Christian Group Plans Protest Over Michael Sam Joining Cowboys

The article reads:  The group American Decency says thousands of right-wing Christians will demonstrate at AT&T Stadium Sunday to protest the Dallas Cowboys signing Michael Sam to its practice squad.  Sam is the first openly gay player drafted to the NFL. …

To find out more about this matter go to:

http://www.prnewschannel.com/2014/02/27/d-c-lobbyist-jack-burkman-releases-draft-of-bill-that-bans-openly-gay-players-from-nfl/

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/09/03/christian-group-plans-protest-over-michael-sam-joining-cowboys/

Here is our position.  When Michael Sam made a big spectacle of his homosexuality on draft night it was a complete turn off!  You’ll remember the contrived kiss with his “boy friend.”  

On what presumably was the biggest night of his life in his development as a football player (meeting many personal goals), what was most important to draftee Michael Sam before a watching world?

It was to make a statement about his sexuality not about celebrating the high athletic accomplishment of his being drafted into the National Football League (NFL).

In saying all of this, I make this point:  We are not the ones behind the protest, but we also do not condone the lifestyle of Michael Sam.

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