Tim Tebow feels more strongly about his beliefs than he does about his potential marketability. Give me a break… I surprised to read an article like that on AlligatorArmy. I thought they would know him better than that.

I’ll still never forgive him for that 4th and 2 back in ’06 though.

Also, looking at the comments on AA, it seems that the opinions on whether this is a good or bad thing for Tebow is split 100% along the lines of whether people think that Focus on the Family is a lunatic fringe group or a sensible organization with a good message.

We now have to give some respect to Bama and UGA because our new coach is so close to both programs ? At least we can still hate the gators….right ?

is an adult and can do anything he wishes to do concerning politics, etc. People are ok with stars and athletes joining moveon.org or some other left wing extreme group. Like always, its not ok if they join a right leaning group.

Given the topic at hand, let’s go ahead and declare this particular thread safe for this discussion – so long as the discussion remains focused on the Tebowmercial topic and doesn’t stray into Kos/O’Reilly land.

/heads off complaints about politics on blog

….doesn’t just apply to liberals….

Yeah, aligning yourself with a “christian” group who some ban from entering their churches (this is from personal experience, no sources!) isn’t a good thing. I definitely do lose a lot of respect for Tebow for showing public support to a group who has taken such ridiculous stances in the past. Make no mistake, I think the guy is most likely an awesome dude, as are most people in Focus on the Family, but some of their comments should have led them to a public lynching.

I somewhat compare this to (and don’t think too much about it, Tebow is nothing this bad, this is just an extreme example) the US Department of Labor speaking good things about Hitler because the latter got rid of unemployment completely.

refuse to dislike someone because of their political/relgious beliefs unless they are crude and rude about it.

Really prefer the no politics zone here.

FWIW, I think there’s a difference between saying “you can’t do that” and “it’s a dumb PR move for you to do that.”

And so FWIW, I think it’s a dumb PR move for him to do the ad.

allowing this discussion is a mistake. I don’t want to know how most of you feel about religion/politics, because my feelings on those subjects are very, very stong. I don’t want to change the feelings of Vol-togetherness I have with fellow RTTers because they have said something that offends me.

So….see yall on another thread!