{"id":97,"date":"2010-02-02T11:27:33","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T11:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/roddreher\/2010\/02\/why-we-need-more-tim-tebows.html"},"modified":"2010-02-02T11:27:33","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T11:27:33","slug":"why-we-need-more-tim-tebows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/roddreher\/2010\/02\/why-we-need-more-tim-tebows.html","title":{"rendered":"Why we need more Tim Tebows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Post sportswriter Sally Jenkins, who is openly pro-choice, makes a good and important point about masculinity, athleticism and virtue<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Here’s what we do need a lot more of: Tebows. Collegians who are selfless enough to choose not to spend summers poolside, but travel to impoverished countries to dispense medical care to children, as Tebow has every summer of his career. Athletes who believe in something other than themselves, and are willing to put their backbone where their mouth is. Celebrities who are self-possessed and self-controlled enough to use their wattage to advertise commitment over decadence.
\nYou know what we really need more of? Famous guys who aren’t embarrassed to practice sexual restraint, and to say it out loud. If we had more of those, women might have fewer abortions. See, the best way to deal with unwanted pregnancy is to not get the sperm in the egg and the egg implanted to begin with, and that is an issue for men, too — and they should step up to that.
\n“Are you saving yourself for marriage?” Tebow was asked last summer during an SEC media day.
\n“Yes, I am,” he replied.
\nThe room fell into a hush, followed by tittering: The best college football player in the country had just announced he was a virgin. As Tebow gauged the reaction from the reporters in the room, he burst out laughing. They were a lot more embarrassed than he was.
\n“I think y’all are stunned right now!” he said. “You can’t even ask a question!”
\nThat’s how far we’ve come from any kind of sane viewpoint about star athletes and sex. Promiscuity is so the norm that if a stud isn’t shagging everything in sight, we feel faintly ashamed for him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well said, Sally Jenkins. Well said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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