Tony Dungy Drops Out Of President's Faith Council

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Arthur Delaney

Tony Dungy Drops Out Of President's Faith Council

April 6, 2009 at 03:47 PM


Former NFL coach Tony Dungy has fumbled his invitation to serve on President Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, according to CBN's David Brody. A White House source tells Brody that Dungy couldn't make two of the four faith council meetings.

"Because of the time commitment needed I have respectfully declined," Dungy said in a statement to Brody.

The news should cheer the folks over at Americans United for Separation of Church and State, who tsked-tsked the president for the appointment in a March 31 statement:

"Dungy, former coach of the Indianapolis Colts football team, has well-known ties with intolerant Religious Right groups. In 2007, for example, he spoke at a fund-raising dinner for the Indiana Family Institute, a James Dobson-affiliated group that opposes gay rights, reproductive rights and separation of church and state."

Dungy will work with the president instead on responsible fatherhood initiatives.

and get rid of that "faith based council" at the same time. Get religion OUT of government!

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respect I had for his politics.

I don't say he was a bad coach. He wasn't.

But I'm not shedding any tears for his stepping aside on this council.

I seriously doubt that Dungy really understands the problems of broken families. Sure he may know kids from broken families but he doesn't know what all happens.

1) They need to stop placing roadblocks in the way of fathers that want to spend time with their children. Provided those fathers want to be responsible.

2) They need to stop mothers, attorneys and judges from keeping the fathers out of the lives of their children. Unless those fathers can be proven not to be good role models but with the provision that when proven unfit the father can demonstrate at a later date their fitness.

3) They need to educate underage men the consequences of having sex with girls.

4) They need to stress protection when they do have sex with abstinence being the preference. But anyone with any common sense (which I don't think Dungy has in this situation) should know that when the hormones get going they will have sex.

5) And they need to support abortion when the woman makes that choice. Requiring the man to pay support at that early of an age will not substantially help the mother to raise the child if they don't get married. Rather it would be better if they waited until they are better able to raise a child. Again stressing the use of protection to avoid the problem.