Another thing about Tebow that I think bothers the left is that he is seemingly without vice. There are not stories of him sleeping around, drinking, drugging, living the approved alternative lifestyle.
Imagine how big a folk hero he would be were he gay.
Instead, he is polite, humble, and literally builds hospitals in poor countries when he is not playing football.
Aren’t liberals in favor of building hospitals?
Christians are called by God to be the "salt of the earth" just for this reason. To serve as a conviction to those who are perishing, and cause some of those people to come to Christ for salvation.