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Former NFL Coach Invited Onto President's Faith-Based Council

By Howard M. Friedman

Yesterday's Muncie (IN) Star Press reports that President Barack Obama has invited former NFL Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy to serve as a member of the Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Dungy, author of two books focusing on Christian values, has been in involved with numerous charitable causes. Americans United however issued a press release opposing his selection, saying that Dungy "has well-known ties with intolerant Religious Right groups." It particularly focused on his remarks "at a fund-raising dinner for the Indiana Family Institute, a James Dobson-affiliated group that opposes gay rights, reproductive rights and separation of church and state." (See prior related posting.)

Full post as published by Religion Clause on April 01, 2009 (boomark / email).