{"id":4018,"date":"2010-02-08T08:07:19","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T08:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/02\/real-men-love-breesus.html"},"modified":"2010-02-08T08:07:19","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T08:07:19","slug":"real-men-love-breesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/02\/real-men-love-breesus.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Real men love Breesus&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> After last night, that phrase is truer than ever &#8212; and the cult of the quarterback seems stronger than ever, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscatholic.org\/node\/5457\">the T shirt below<\/a> indicates.<\/p>\n<form mt:asset-id=\"11351\" class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\" contenteditable=\"false\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/breesus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"breesus.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/assets_c\/2010\/02\/breesus-thumb-200x265-11351.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"265\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/form>\n<p>For his part, Drew Brees &#8212; a Catholic &#8212; seems non-plussed and unimpressed.  Check out the interview below.  (H\/T <a href=\"http:\/\/salesianity.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/drew-brees-coming-to-new-orleans-for-me.html\"> Da Mihi Animas).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" id=\"ESPN_VIDEO\" data=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/videohub\/player\/embed.swf\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allownetworking=\"all\" height=\"216\" width=\"384\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/videohub\/player\/embed.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"all\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"id=4850565\" \/><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After last night, that phrase is truer than ever &#8212; and the cult of the quarterback seems stronger than ever, as the T shirt below indicates. 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