Football is back and the Times-Picayune wants to start the season with a hit piece on New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and his Christian faith.
This is an actual headline from NOLA.com: Drew Brees should've known better than to associate with anti-LGBT group
An anti-LGBT group!? HUH?!
It turns out Brees made a video for a pro-family values Christian group and the Left is furious.
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has responded to a torrent of criticism, after his appearance in a video for the Christian organization Focus on the Family.
Brees filmed a video in which he helped promote a Focus on the Family initiative called “Bring Your Bible to School Day.” In the video, Brees encouraged children to, “Live out your faith on Bring Your Bible to School Day.”
However, an intensely critical article from Business Insider labeled Focus on the Family an “anti-LGBTQ group.” This, despite the fact that nowhere in Brees’ video did he mention LGBTQ people, or issues.
In the BI piece, author Alexandra Licata blasts Focus on the Family for their support of “discredited” conversion therapy for homosexuals.
Licata also took shots at Focus on the Family for their stance on transgender issues.
“The organization also believes ‘the modern ‘transgender’ movement is systematically working to dismantle the reality of two sexes,’ which they say will cause ‘striking consequences for individuals, marriage, family, children and society at large,'” Licata wrote.
After hearing of the article, and the harsh criticism of his involvement with Focus on the Family, Brees took to social media to say that he is not anti-LGBTQ. The Saints quarterback also made clear that his intent was merely to support “Bring Your Bible to School Day.”