Nebraska football coach: I’d rather be fired than retract homosexuality remarks
LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 3, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - University of Nebraska ’s assistant football coach, Ron Brown , who is facing censure and calls for his dismissal for publicly expressing his biblically-based views against the homosexual lifestyle, has stated that he’d rather be fired than retract his comments. At a meeting of Omaha City Council in late March, Brown spoke against a proposed ordinance that would give special “protected status” to homosexual students. Brown argued that granting special status to one group would infringe on the rights of other groups. He told the council members that their “discernment” was under scrutiny and that they would be held to “great accountability for the decision you are making.” Ron Brown “The question I have for you all is, like Pontius Pilate , what are you going to do with Jesus?” Brown reportedly asked the council. “Ultimately, if you don’t have a relationship with him, and you don’t really have a Bible-believing mentality, really, an