Tony Dungy used his large, national platform to echo a conspiracy theory targeting transgender youth. He put vulnerable kids in harm’s way with his bigotry and ignorance, under the guise of his “Christian” faith, nrarmour writes.
States are passing anti-LGBTQ laws across the country, but that can't erase the past, present or future of the transgender community.released Thursday, 45% of transgender and nonbinary youth said they’d been cyberbullied or harassed online because of increased anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and policies, while 24% said they’d been bullied at school. Nearly 30% said they don’t feel safe going to a doctor if they’re sick or injured.
Not until Thursday night did Dungy apologize, in a statement provided to USA TODAY Sports by his attorney. NBC Sports, asked whether it would address Dungy’s transphobic tweet, did not respond. If you are Christian, you are supposed to follow the teachings of Christ. Not the humans who interpret them, or the churches that have taken license with them for their own gain. Christ’s own words – and nowhere in the Gospels does he say anything about homosexuality or gay marriage. What he did say was to love your neighbor as yourself, and to treat the most marginalized and vulnerable among us as you would him.
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