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To: Greg or e who wrote (17869)12/8/2011 12:53:18 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 69300
 
What If Tim Tebow Were a Muslim? By Jen Engel

Published December 07, 2011

| FoxNews.com



Imagine for a second, the Denver Broncos quarterback is a devout follower of Islam, sincere and principled in his beliefs and thus bowed toward Mecca to celebrate touchdowns. Now imagine if Detroit Lions player Stephen Tulluch and Tony Scheffler mockingly bowed toward Mecca, too, after tackling him for a loss or scoring a touchdown, just like what happened in October.

I know what would happen. All hell would break loose.

Stinging indictments issued by sports columnists. At least a few outraged religious leaders chiming in on his behalf. Depending on what else had happened that day, they might have a chance at becoming Keith Olbermann's Worst Person In The World.

And there would be apologies. Oh, Lord, would there be apologies -- by players, by coaches, possibly by ownership with a tiny chance of a statement by NFL commish Roger Goodell.

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Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/12/07/what-if-tim-tebow-were-muslim/#ixzz1fy0A2ZMk
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