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Ron Brown’s Return to Huskers Spurs Outrage from LGBT Community

This week’s news that Ron Brown is returning to the Nebraska football program was simultaneously cheered and booed this week.  Depending on your perspective, this was either the greatest thing or the greatest outrage.  (Isn’t that the case more and more these days?)

Ron Brown was a key member of the Nebraska coaching staff during the glory days, and just about every former player seems to have good things to say about the man. And many fans as well. But there always was one element of Brown that rubbed some people the wrong way: his religion.

Or maybe more accurately, his passion in his faith. Brown makes no effort to hide his faith; in fact, he celebrates it. And that rubs many people the wrong way, especially at a public university.  It is who he is.

“I am not a secular Ron Brown and a Christian Ron Brown. I am a Christian Ron Brown, period.”Many years back, Brown was passed over as a candidate to be the next head coach of Stanford; that quote came from an article that basically said that Christian Ron Brown wouldn’t have been a good choice at a school like Stanford.

For some, Christian Ron Brown isn’t a good fit for Nebraska either.  That’s a controversial point as well. I don’t believe Brown’s critics target his beliefs, but rather his proselytizing.  That’s a fine line, here.

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