Percy Shelley once said that poets were the unacknowledged rulers of the world. Today it seems that sports figures are the unacknowledged legislators. Two cases in point: Rick Majerus, a basketball coach, declared himself to be in favor of both abortion and Hillary Clinton. Majerus works for a Catholic university, and Estase read an account of his stump speech where the journalist claimed that Majerus should be given "intellectual freedom" to say things his employer is sworn to oppose. First of all, there is nothing "intellectual" about being an athletic coach. Second, doesn't a Catholic organization have a right to ask its employees to avoid contradicting its own teachings? Would it be "intellectual freedom" for a Yeshiva to allow David Duke to join its staff?
Today, Charles Barkley, a professional basketball player, announced that he supported Barack Obama, also stating that Christians cannot "judge" others, and thus Christians are hypocrites. So let Estase get this straight- - you have a right to practice morality, but have no right to question the behavior of others. Would this mean that Dr. King had no right to speak out against racism? After all, that requires one to judge racists guilty of something, and Mr. Barkley says we cannot judge others. Ad infinitum, ad absurdum, ad nauseum.
