The American Family Association and Catholic League are all atwitter over a foul-mouthed ESPN reporter:
ESPN and its parent company, ABC, have refused to take any action against ESPN anchorwoman Dana Jacobson for her hateful, slurring remarks against Jesus, saying "F-- -- Jesus."On January 11, Jacobson was speaking at a celebrity roast in Atlantic City, N.J., when she unleashed a profane tirade, saying, "F--- Notre Dame," "F--- Touchdown Jesus" and finally "F--- Jesus."
"Touchdown Jesus" is the popular moniker for a statue of Jesus raising his arms, located on the Notre Dame campus.
Yes, what she said was nasty. Yes, what she said would have gotten her fired if it were directed at (take your pick) Jews, gays, African-Americans, Hispanics, or women.
But isn't forgiveness what Christians are supposed to be about? Instead of protesting against Jacobson, instead of whining about her remarks to ABC, issue a statement of forgiveness. Show her that those who follow Jesus are different and maybe she will come to see how wrong her statement was.
When Christians whine just like the rest of the world whines there isn't anything very distinctive about them is there?
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I believe if she is truly sorry the Lord will forgive her. However, just blowing it off as a drunken rant smacks of network hypocrisy. Had it been rant about other minorities or religious belief systems, other than christian. There would been no place she could of hid. ESPN'S hypocrisy is in the fact that on the show "Around the Horn" they had a segment about the golf channel's commentator's outrageous remarks about Tiger Woods which I agree was very uncalled for. However ESPN fails too mention or the discuss anything about the utter filth coming from the mouth of Dana Jacobson I'll never know. ABC and ESPN need to start reporting on their own people, before they report on other network's shortcomings.
Alycia Lane, Kelly Tilghman and Dana Jacobson ought to get together and do a reality show about "fallen anchorwomen" after this ;-P
I am a Christian, and yet, because of how I have been treated (badly!!) by so many others who call themselves Christians, I always understand and empathize with people who in anger say things like the comments of Ms. Jacobson. I don't know her motives or life history, but I have certainly felt like saying "F... you and your Jesus" when people claiming to speak for God and Jesus were telling me I'm a great sinner because I'm a lesbian and that I need to "repent" of this to hope to be allowed to be in *their* wondrous and inspiring company. I separate the Jesus of history--the real Jesus--and the "Jesus" Ms. Jacobson and I can hate: that "Jesus" is a mean bigot and needs to be rejected for the false idol he is so that one can see there's a real Jesus who's nothing like that and doesn't make people pass tests to be in his company.
ESPN suspended her. She said she was sorry. As Christians we need to show the same kind of grace and forgiveness we have received from Christ.
I am a Christian and I think that what she did was wrong, yes, but it is between her and God. It's not for us to decide what should've or should happen to her.
God Bless
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