Posted on 10/21/2015 1:10:20 PM PDT by servo1969
Mexico High School quarterback Dante Turo was raised by his parents to give glory to God – especially on the football field.
“When you score touchdowns, when you make big plays, it’s easy to become proud,” Geno, his dad, told me. “It’s easy to take credit for yourself. I didn’t want my son to get caught up in that.”
Geno, who lives in a small town north of Syracuse, New York, encouraged his son to find a subtle way to praise the Lord after making big plays.
“He wanted to do something at that moment to take credit away from himself and give glory to God,” Geno said. “God gives us the ability and the talent. As Christians, we want to be sure to give that back immediately.”
So on Oct. 17 when Dante ran 73 yards for a touchdown, the 17-year-old quarterback raised a single finger to the sky.
Dante was honoring the Lord. But a referee said he was taunting.
Video shows the quarterback running into the end zone and briefly raising his finger before tossing the pigskin to the referee.
As soon as he raised his finger, the ref tossed a flag. He was penalized 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct -- excessive celebration.
“I talked to the referee and told him I wasn’t trying to do anything malicious or arrogant – I was just trying to give praise to God,” Dante told me. “He told me, ‘don’t do it again.’”
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We need more “taunting.”
“But I’m a Muslim”
“Oh sorry. NO FOUL (waves flag)”
Mexico High School? In New York?
The ref violated the players Constitutionally protected right to practice his religion.
Is this kind of persecution a response to players like Tebow?
Should have kneeled down and praised Allah. Would have been honored in the press for weeks.
Suppose he gathered the other players
on his team and held a Last Supper in
the end zone, then got penalized for
delay of game. Would that also be a
violation of “the players Constitutionally
protected right to practice his religion”?
I guess they took over that town as well. Hey it could have been worse, it could have been the Barack Obama High school. Yes, there is actually a Barack Obama High school........
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_Green_Charter_High_School
But he didn’t.
And moved to Qatar.
Yeah, but the prayer mat is a little bulky to carry around tucked under the jersey.
Only if he tried to serve wine.
It would have been obvious discrimination if a prayer mat was not provided on the side line pointing toward Mecca with all the network camera’s focused on the mat.
Rape someone and yell allaku Akbar and you’re turned into a hero.
What????
And gone to Jihadi Middle School.
Mexico, NY. Where you get 13 feet of snow overnight.
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