Using Gay Slurs
Image via Wikipedia Sports have often been used as a kind of educational tool. This is one reason people share a fanatical bond with their favorite sport. For many, a game, season, or team remains forever branded in their memory because of the lessons learned and experiences derived from it. Sports can instruct in discipline, work ethic, teamwork, and submission to authority. Recently the NBA decided to use an ad to take on a controversial subject matter: the bullying of homosexuals . In the ad the NBA focused particularly on the use of “gay slurs” in sports and other activities. In so doing they have made a bold value statement that Christians should take note of. The NBA ad comes in response to the rising number of news reports about professional athletes using gay slurs in a wide variety of situations. Kobe Bryant of the LA Lakers made headlines when he decided to use profanity and gay slurs towards a referee after being called for a technical foul. He was punis