Pardon the pun, but it would seem that homosexual groups are not very gay anymore — but instead are easily angered. They get angry when General Pace at the Pentagon refers to homosexuality as immoral, and now, they’re angry because Coach Dungy is scheduled to appear before a pro-family group that is opposed to gay marriage?

Jim Brown OneNewsNow.comMarch 15, 2007

Homosexual groups are criticizing Super Bowl champion coach Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis for his upcoming appearance before a pro-family group. Next Tuesday, the Indiana Family Institute will be honoring Coach Dungy with its “Friend of the Family” award, but homosexual activists are pressuring him not to attend because of the Institute’s opposition to same-sex marriage.

Indiana Family Institute president Curt Smith says the “Friend of the Family” award is given to a national leader involved in family ministry who “walks the talk,” and Dungy fits the bill. “We think he’s the living embodiment of the family ethic that we try to promote at the Indiana Family Institute,” Smith notes, “and it’s that ethic that we think is essential to a healthy, successful society.”

Obviously, this emphasis on family values “doesn’t mean that we’re perfect parents or perfect believers, but we know that family’s important,” the Institute spokesman points out. “We know that’s critical,” he says, “and in all of Coach’s work with his professional responsibilities with the Colts he exhibits that. And in his own life, he’s exhibited that through his work with All Pro Dads and organizations like that.”

Smith says his group is often castigated for its biblical opposition to homosexuality. “I’ve been stunned [to find] when we stand up and say we’re for marriage, that immediately we’re called a hate group, homophobes, we’re ’small-minded bigots,’ and it’s just shocking to me,” he observes.

The Indiana Family Institute president says he sometimes thinks these strong reactions from homosexuals may perhaps be “a reflection of some of the concerns those individuals feel about themselves.” Such bitter invective, he speculates, may derive from “some of the self-loathing that we understand, from the research and from the medical literature, can be an aspect of the homosexual lifestyle.”

Smith notes that in December, when the Family Institute announced it would be honoring Dungy, the group received hate calls, obscene messages and some of its corporate sponsors began getting pressure from homosexual activists.

Is it just me, or are we moving way past tolerance here? Now, you not only tolerate angry homosexuals (gays just no longer seems fitting) but you agree with them. Who would’ve ever thought it would come to this? Well, I did.