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Tim Tebow takes a stand – ESPN
I don’t care if you’re pro-choice or pro-life, conservative or liberal, God-fearing or atheist, you’ve got to admire Tebow for standing with conviction, even as he’s opening himself and his family up to criticism.
We often commend athletes for taking a stand — as long as it’s a stand with which most of us agree. The minute they start pushing a social agenda that conflicts with our own, we tell them to shut up.
We acted like Tiger Woods and LeBron James were the second coming of Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi because Woods voiced his support for President Barack Obama and James condemned the war in Darfur. I don’t mean to belittle their opinions, but supporting Obama and condemning genocide isn’t exactly joining the Black Panther party.
It’s far more impressive when a person in Tebow’s position chooses a lonelier path. I’m not trying to turn Tebow into a martyr — plenty have already tried that — but I can’t imagine the difficulty of putting yourself in front of millions of people and telling them something that at least half of them vehemently oppose. It seems like a certain way to be labeled as some kind of zealous, religious nut job.
