http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/29/sports/football/29sandomir.html
[NOTE: It is likely that few, if any, of us personally knew Reggie White. It is therefore difficult to say with any certainty what his motives were in his speech to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1998. However, I personally see no reason to doubt that they were for any other reason than his agreement with scripture.
While some people may believe that he could have said it more tactfully, I sincerely doubt that had he delivered the same basic message in a more "pleasant" tone, that those in opposition to his message would have been any less virulant in their current response.]
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Published: December 29, 2004
Reggie White's death on Sunday prompted a case of one-sided history on the CBS and Fox pregame shows, which remembered him as a great football player but an even greater man, and a man loved by everyone.
White might have deserved much of the praise, but it was the type of unabashed admiration that prompts concern that the stars and producers of the programs forgot or, worse, ignored how White denounced homosexuality and traded in ethnic stereotypes in a speech to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1998.
Tributes to Reggie White Show Incomplete Picture
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/29/sports/football/29sandomir.html
[NOTE: It is likely that few, if any, of us personally knew Reggie White. It is therefore difficult to say with any certainty what his motives were in his speech to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1998. However, I personally see no reason to doubt that they were for any other reason than his agreement with scripture.
While some people may believe that he could have said it more tactfully, I sincerely doubt that had he delivered the same basic message in a more "pleasant" tone, that those in opposition to his message would have been any less virulant in their current response.]
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Published: December 29, 2004
Reggie White's death on Sunday prompted a case of one-sided history on the CBS and Fox pregame shows, which remembered him as a great football player but an even greater man, and a man loved by everyone.
White might have deserved much of the praise, but it was the type of unabashed admiration that prompts concern that the stars and producers of the programs forgot or, worse, ignored how White denounced homosexuality and traded in ethnic stereotypes in a speech to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1998.
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