“She presented him the diploma the following day after he cleaned up the gymnasium.”
Good.
I’m thinking it’s less that she was an atheist and more that he EMBARRASSED her.
At any rate, Big Media ran with it to generate Pontiac’s reaction and ridicule for Tebow/Christianity.
And yes, he acted up when he shouldn’t have at a “solemn” ceremony, but I’ve been to a bunch of high school ones and always seen one or two do something stupid.
Big Media was in this to spike Christianity.
Ah Ha!! - so you are on the side of defending this kid’s mockery. You are right that the media was fishing for a reaction...but they recognize the kid was mocking, not emulating, Tebow.
They applaud the kid for, at a Catholic school no less, making light of Tebow’s devotion. This has the triple bonus of mocking Tebow, bashing the Catholic sense of decorum and ridiculing parental discipline.
Ask yourself, “Who comes out the hero here?” (it wasn’t Mom of the principal) and you will get your answer as to what the media was promoting.