(12-23-2017 12:43 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 12:11 PM)CoachWillRob Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 11:52 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 11:35 AM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Liberty is a private university and for home and homes no money is exchanged at the G5 level. Actually in some cases Liberty is paying G5 programs for these.

Signing these home and home isn’t an attack on any group of people, claiming such is quite stretch even by today’s standards.

It still involves the G5 program excluding a significant portion of their students and fans from the benefits of their programs. Schedule Liberty and you will be making a conscious decision to affirm the exclusion of non-Christians, LGBT persons, etc. from your program's. Its a full throated affirmation of Liberty's policies. Full stop.

It might be different if the ADs and football programs were doing ANYTHING to compensate for this. They aren't. How many LGBT or even non-Christian coaches make those high AD salaries? How many players get scholarships? How is the University equalizing funding for football.

None of our programs have EVER had an openly LGBT player or coach in FBS. Have any of our programs ever had so much as an openly LGBT player in ANY of our prominent team sports? How about Jews or openly Athiests? You might find a very small percentage at our schools. USA actually had a Jewish basketball coach, but that was a very rare situation. But then again, USA isn't scheduling Liberty.

Again, what do LGBT persons, Jews, Buddhists, Muslims, Atheists, the non-Religious, the non-American born, get from their Athletic Departments for the millions they take from us EVERY single year at EVERY single one of our institutions? Apparently, they get the University to spend millions on a party they aren't invited to.

You're right!!! We should force them into believing something different then what they believe! They don't have the freedom to make any decisions that express their beliefs. How dare they make a political stand that's faith based. They're committing the ultimate political correctness sin, and since someone has made us the moral authority, we should do everything in our power to put down, bully, protest, and intimidate these people till they become tolerant of what I say they should be tolerant of. It's time we take control and not allow ANY of these opposing beliefs in our society!!!

Oh, and Merry Christmas! :)

There's a HUGE difference between someone having offensive beliefs like "Gays and Jews shouldn't have equal access to employment and scholarship opportunities" and having taxpayer funded programs helping programs that further that agenda.

How much does your football program take from the taxpayers and students? How many scholarships have you ever provided to LGBT people from that pool of money? How many coaching jobs have been paid from that?

I do truly hate Liberty but for different reasons than most. I'm a born again Christian. I believe Jesus was the son of God and I try my best to live my life according to His example though I often fail. I only share that about myself because I think it makes my perspective more transparent.

I hate Liberty because I believe their hypocrisy paints a picture of christianity that's a false one and leads people away from the truth. The most recent glaring example of this is their love affair with Donald Trump. Liberty is Christian in name only. They're a republican university, not a Christian one.

So, now that you know my general feelings towards Liberty, you can see that I share some of your disdain for the "school" albeit for different reasons.

Now that my bias is shown in full disclosure above, as for the bolded part in your post, I would simply ask you how any of us could ever possibly answer that? There is no sexuality questionnaire filled out before receiving an athletic scholarship. If there were, I'm positive we would hear your outrage over that as well.

For all I know, half of the Coastal football team is gay. And I don't care. As long as they perform on the field and stay out of trouble, which is what they were given a scholarship to do, then as an alumnus and donor, I am happy.