Looks like Obama changed his mind on appointing anti-gay coach (Dungy) to "Faith" Council

Who says that the President doesn't listen when people voice their opinions?

Score one for "poutrage"! ;)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20956.html

President Barack Obama is filling out his advisory council on faith-based groups without appointing a well-known football coach, who was reportedly invited to join the panel but drew fire from liberal groups for his opposition to gay marriage.

On Monday, the White House said Obama named a diverse group of nine Americans to join the 16 designated when the board to advise his Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Initiative was announced two months ago.

However, former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy is not on the list the White House distributed Monday.

In a statement sent Monday to CBN News, Dungy said he expected to advise Obama on “responsible fatherhood” efforts but couldn’t make the time needed to attend the quarterly meetings of the faith-based panel.

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I would bet my house that if he had a gay pro bowl quarterback, he would not have benched him for it.

He coaches the Indianapolis (Indiana) Colts and Indiana doesn't protect gays from discrimination.

The NFL could be held liable also if they knew about it. That would be worth a couple hundred million I'd say.

David

support equal rights for GLBT people.

:thumbsup:

:applause:

We're like lesser gay republicans. As much as he helped the team, I couldn't stand his politics. Dunno what Caldwell believes but hopefully he's a bit more open minded.

Also - hopefully not at the cost of being a worse coach. I need more ammo for Pats fans! :D