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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCoach: Being Fired For Anti-Gay Views Would Be An 'Honor'
Nebraska Cornhuskers assistant coach Ron Brown has come under fire for publicly expressing sentiments some say are anti-gay, but he insists he'll continue to speak out against homosexuality.
In March, Brown, 55, testified against an Omaha anti-discrimination ordinance that extended protections to gay and transgender people, which prompted Barbara Baier of the Lincoln Board of Education to write to administrators at University of NebraskaLincoln to request the assistant coach's firing, the Associated Press is reporting.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/26/ron-brown-nebraska-football-coach-anti-gay-views_n_1455712.html?ref=mostpopular
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Coach: Being Fired For Anti-Gay Views Would Be An 'Honor' (Original Post)
Swede
Apr 2012
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Drale
(7,932 posts)1. Will it still be an "honor"
when he's blacklisted and can't pay his morgage? No then it will just be damn funny.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)2. He's got a future in fox sports.
Initech
(100,087 posts)3. He can speak out all he wants - doesn't make him any less of an asshole.
Swede
(33,262 posts)4. He better have a nestegg,he ain't gonna be coaching long.
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