See? This wasn’t that hard.
“The local chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes provides optional chaplain services for student-athletes that wish to participate,” McGarity said in a brief statement issued Friday afternoon. “Neither the University nor the Athletic Association finances these activities, and they are completely voluntary for the student-athletes.”
That’s all you had to say, athletic director. (Publicly, at least.)
We’re done here.
Get The Picture 
done… like the confederate flag.
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Agreed. The freedom from religion people won’t stop. The funny thing is they probably are more totalitarian in their evangelism than actual evangelicals.
See, evangelicals understand that a Christian should speak to who Christ is and what he’s done, but only God can change a person’s heart. If you try and force it, you are way outside of your role. Yet Freedom From Religion wants to force everyone to shut up and sit down about one’s personal beliefs. Really disappointing that such a movement has developed in 21st century America.
If you want to keep your rights, you have to be diligent. It was nice that most common sense people realized this was a witch hunt. Freedom from religion will regroup and be back.
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“The freedom from religion people won’t stop.”
Wait until they get their own TV shows
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As a poster mentioned a couple of days ago, there is traditional, laissez faire atheism and then there is a relatively new, hard-line, militant atheism. And within their circles, there’s a lot of argument about it. Folks like Richard Dawkins and Bill Maher who attack all forms of religion are doing no service to “the cause,” if you can call it a cause. It gets under people’s skin just as much as the street-corner preachers on the bridge at game time. This particular militant group could start by getting its facts right and recognizing who is and isn’t a chaplain. By the way, the guy with the cross and the listening ear is a chaplain. The guy in the little hobo suit and the Hitler moustache is a Chaplin.
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Sets the stage for the undercard battle between the FFR Faithiests and the Sanford Bridge Proseletyzers.
Me? I’m just hoping for a pregame appearance by Brother Jed and Sister Cindy.
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That dude. Whadda maroon. You know he’s a Gator, right?
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Brother Jed went to Indiana State.
Sister Cindy was the gator disco queen who was saved in the parking lot of the Gainesville Krystal.
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Thanks. Knew there was some Hogtown stench somewhere.
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Funny how that pig latin worked out.
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The UGAAA actually doing something right on the PR front? Color me pleasantly surprised!
This whole thing was just an alarmist farce perpetuated by a group with its own (not constitutionally supported) agenda. All the constitution says is that the government can’t pass any laws establishing a state religion, nor compel any citizen to practice religion. The idea that you can or should hermetically seal the state from any religion is silly and just a bit naive.
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It’s good to know that the ole “you can’t prove a negative” argument has been thrown out.by the guardian’s of “facts” and “logic”.
Next issue: When is Greg McGarity going to address March Richt’s belief that the moon is green cheese?
McGarity’s been AD for 5 years and NOT ONCE has he given a statement about March Richt’s belief that the moon is green cheese.
It’s time he gets out in front of this issue and confirms that CMR is not teaching our players that the moon is green cheese. .
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Who in the hell was that outfit anyway and why should I care what they say? Trust me, they will be offended no matter what the AD says. They make their living being offended. Screw them and the camel they rode into Athens on.
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Didn’t he mean ” voluntary for the college athlete ” ?
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Yes. Reprogramming of sensor nodes is an essential requirement for long-lived Athletic Director careers because software functionality has to be changed over time. He will be reprogrammed soon.
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I have no issue with the voluntary aspect, and think this was handled correctly. I just don’t want to hear about a situation like Foster had at UTK, where he was made to feel like he had an attitude problem if he exercised his option to not attend Sunday service because it was a ‘team-building outing.’
I think we’re good here, and I appreciate the way McG said that.
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Yes, because feeling uncomfortable and other microaggressions are a sure sign of the jack-booted fascists lurking in plain sight.
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Micro aggressions. Oh good grief. Seems like it would be a better use of time to be concerned with actual aggressions and things that warrant the hand wringing dedicated to someone violating political correctness. How about using some of this same energy on the real evils loose in the world like, I don’t know, pedophilia, child abuse, human trafficking, etc. We don’t seem to care much about those because they havent been ear marked by the arbiters of the cause as worthy issues. Too busy freaking out over the possibility of somebody reading somebody else a Bible verse somewhere. Of all the things you guys could be against, you choose things like this. And don’t come at me with “none of that has anything to do with UGA football.” That’s only relavent when you guys decide that it is. And let me head another one off, why do I keep reading and commenting? Because when football is what is being discussed this blog is great. And when we veer off into this sort of thing, somebody has to call you on your bullshit.
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option to not attend Sunday service because it was a ‘team-building outing.’
That reminds me of a tune. It goes a little something like this…
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Exactly Shane. Why do we even care what that little brownie troop that doesn’t have anything better to do than annoy people thinks or is offended by? That’s the thing about these people, they have no power. If more people would tell the, to pee up a rope instead of acting afraid of them they would fade back into the shadows. And we are most definitely not done here. It will be so,etching else soon enough. Because these kinds of people are miserable so they are always looking for ways to find some company. Livid and let live is too difficult for them to grasp. The nonsense of, “oh they might be forcing this one the players.” Was just that. If you truly believed that, not only are looking and hoping to find something, your parents are related
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The thing is that it’s ALWAYS been that way at UGA…
Senator- HT to you for bringing up a subject that is not comfortable for most. You sir are a gentlemen.
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…and the manner you handled things here.
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“UGA AD Greg McGarity says group’s charges on Richt, sports chaplains are wrong”
Come on in boys, the water is fine!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Massaquoi
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Certainly a Muslim name. His parents were from Liberia which is largely a Christian nation. And there is this.
http://www.sportingummah.com/sports/response.do?pg=football&summah=472
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Agree. It was handled well.
One less off-field distraction.
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Funny all of the commentators on this blog that claim being offended is so insignificant. What if Muslim Clerics or Satanists wanted to have access to the football team for some potential conversions? Would you be okay with it? Would you be offended?
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As far as the Satanists, the team plays in Jacksonville every year and in Columbia every other year. Does that count?
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Ha! Thank you for that
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If Georgia hires a coach who has a brother in law that’s not paid or employed by UGA & is an evangelical Satanist, I’ll find another team to pull for. If he’s an evangelical Muslim, I’ll look at what brand of Islam he promotes and decide based on that.
What I won’t do is bitch & moan how this must end and it violates separation of church & state.
If you don’t like CMR, stop watching. It’s not difficult.
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“an evangelical Satanist”
How about an evangelical Stalinist
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Fortunately, Lincoln Steffens and Walter Duranty are dead.
But I guess if we managed to find an evangelical Stalinist, I’d find another team to pull for.
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That’s fair. Although, I do feel Jihadists would really sacrifice their bodies for the team. Talk about playing through pain. You shouldn’t sell them short. I honestly don’t care what CMR believes or who he lets speak to the team. I just wondered if some of the more vocal supporters of Chappy on this board were the same types who cry when they hear “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas”. Its easy to ask people to not be offended when the message is your own.
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Oh for goodness sakes. FIFY!
I wonder if anyone got Andy’s ass over Happy Holidays? … I doubt it. Let it go.
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Did you know that Andy Williams’ wife shot a man in Aspen just to watch him die
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Did you know that Claudine won a Grammy for a series children’s songs? Rode in Bobby K’s funeral procession and named her son Bobby. My Dad was very serious about paying your attorney’s fees. She married her defense counsel. Well then.
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Gimme Tree Steps
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Did Andy ever Meet Papa Bear?
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Don’t forget most of our players had to publicly reject Sabanism just to get here.
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Yep, just fire back at all the Politically Stoopid folks, they have screwed things up long enough because people backed away. Time they ate a little sheet.
If McFrugal has another December as bad as the last one, CMR should teach him how to pray.
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Christianity compared to Satanism and Islam. Fish and foul my friend.
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How about polytheism? That Ares could kick some serious ass. I bet some pre-game sacrifices would really fire up the team. What religion can we compare to Christianity?
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? I think you might redefine you question. Istead- What religion can we compare Christianity to? Methinks you troll a bit… and I don’t recognize your handle. Always willing to help those uninformed. So … knock yourself out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_religion
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Billy’s been around here before. He’s not uninformed
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They are all the same to me. Just a bunch of Flying Spaghetti Monsters. And, as DIF stated, I have been here for a while. I just don’t post as much as I used to. I think 2012 took the starch out of me.
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Zoroastrianism & Judaism.
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I believe this whole thing originated either in Auburn or Tuscaloosa just to distract the team and the Bulldog Nation.
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Jesus wasn’t born in Auburn or Tuscaloosa, they couldn’t find 3 wise men or a virgin.
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That’s why He’s bound for New Orleans
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But not before passing through LaGrange.
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How can anybody not stop by that love shack outside Lagrange…have mercy
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Auburn is being sued too. Organization is out of Wisconsin so a B1G 10 distraction.
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Forgive me for not pressing the sarcasm button. I’ll try to do better next time.
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B1G 10 now but their goals and dreams are to go nationwide
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Thanks DiF, I had not seen that one yet. Almost as good as the Oak Ridge Boys singing Seven Nation Army. I’m not technically savvy enough to link the video.
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All-in on coalition forces Army music
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Well I pray that’s the last we’ve heard of this.
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Yep, we just need the season to get here.
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Please don’t pray on this blog …
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Has anyone ever seen this definitive documentary on religion and sport?
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Oh, and was it George Carlin who said something like:
You never hear anyone blame God for a loss and say Jesus made me fumble … he hates out\r team.
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