The NY Times (of course) takes the networks to task for "sugar-coating" the legacy of deceased NFL great Reggie White. What did they "sugar coat"?
All three networks accentuated the positive and offered the idealized, saintly view of a man in a violent sport reaching out to those he sacked as well as to the downtrodden. That may be the way football folk want to remember White - and the safe path taken by CBS, Fox and ABC - but it failed to acknowledge the considerable controversy he caused when he labeled homosexuality a sin. "It's not a race" that can be compared with being black, he added.
So Reggie thought homosexual acts are sinful. Hmmm, that puts him in pretty good company. Let's see, there's Moses, Jesus and Paul. Who else? Well, our President and most Americans. Who else? Mohammed and all of Islam. Anyone else? Even the Dali Lama (but don't tell Richard Gere).
So who's left out? Oh yeah, employees of the NY Times.
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Don't remember Jesus actually quoted about homosexuality anywhere in any version of the New Testament. You kind of snuck him onto your list of "cool" people who like to bash homosexuality. And don't get me started about Paul. Not a disciple, did not know Jesus, and was more than likely homosexual himself, as obsessed as he was with the subject.
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