NOM's Jennifer Roback-Morse told Lutheran Public Radio on Tuesday that it took much more courage for ESPN's Chris Broussard to condemn Jason Collins for coming out than it did for Collins to tell the world that he's gay.
Said Morse:
I think he required more courage than the basketball player did. I mean, it requires no courage at all today to say “I'm gay.” It's my understanding [Collins] got a phone call from the president congratulating him on his courage. Well how much courage can it take if the president's going to pick up the phone and give you a personal phone call, you know? But in the meantime, this fellow who says, you know, ‘I'm a Christian, and I believe that sex belongs in marriage and it belongs in man-woman marriage,' to say that, now that will bring the whole wrath of society down upon your head. So that's the guy that really required the courage and I give him a lot of credit for it.
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Morse added: "I was actually quite touched by his comments because – I hate to say this because the gay lobby will certainly pick up on this – but I want you to know I did not coach this man at all whatsoever, but he sounds like a spokesman for the Ruth Institute because he's there saying all of these sins are sexual sins."
