Decatur, Ala. | Thursday, June 20, 2013
Football coach suspended 10 days for comments on gays, Michelle Obama
By Lisa Singleton-Rickman
The Decatur Daily

FLORENCE — Lauderdale County High School football coach Bob Grisham has been suspended without pay for anti-gay and derogatory comments about first lady Michelle Obama that he made last week to … More »
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He does not need to be teaching our children at all in any school system .....

In the audio he said you can tell the principal, call the superintendent...but now he mis-spoke? Really? Guess he finally figured out he needed that job!!!! It's not over yet! People will not stop complaining until he is terminated! Wonder how he feels now? Will he spew this hatred again?

Welcome to the United States of the Offended. You can say anything you want about anybody you want, unless you are:

1. White

2. Male

3. Heterosexual

4. Christian

5. Any two of the above items

Get over it. If a Black Muslim said that it wouldnt matter. If a female homosexual said that it wouldnt matter. So tired of the double standard in the media and public perception.

So much for free speech...and Amen Patrick!

And we wonder why there are so many kids stuck in a tme-warp on social issues. They are exposed to folks like Grisham filling their heads with nonsense. Fire him!!!!

Patrick is right!

His black players should leave the team........Lets see how many games he wins.....

@ Robert

You saying white kids can't play ball? Little bit of a racist are we?

He should have been fired. What a disgusting human being, if I had children in this school they would be taken out immediately, it's the PARENTS job to teach morality, not some moron who claims to be a christian yet exhibits this type of behavior. I wonder how many of his supporters would feel the same about him if his comments were anti-christian?

@ Wendell

Sure they play. I was talking about WINNING.

So, he should be fired for his opinion? You don't want him teaching your kids? Nothing he said is racist or bigotry. It's not racism to say someone has a fat butt. She does. I'm not a racist. It's not bigotry not to like the actions of a homosexual. They're not normal couples. It's a horrible sin in Gods eyes. And so is supporting their actions. A marriage is not a civil union it's a religious union. A God given union. I don't like the actions of queers and I'm not a bigot. Patrick said it the best.

Racist idiot needs to move soon. His leadership is gone ..

Bubba

He never made any racial remarks...its easy to see who the REAL racists are.

What am I missing? All he said is she had a fat butt. What's racist about that? And, Billy G, I'm black you jerk. All of you have no clue what it feels like to truly be offended. This isn't it. We don't need or want all of you picking up our cause. It only dumps it down. We have real issues like education, employment, black parents that could care less what their kids are doing. We have racial problems you all could never dream off. And this isn't one of them. All of you are racist.

Free speech is a constitutional right. Immunity from the consequences of what you say is not. He knew the potential consequences and chose to rant anyway. I have to assume that either he was willing to accept those consequences, or was cocky enough to believe he'd get away unscathed. Either way, he has not been denied any constitutional right.

now O'Bubba, that does NOT sound very Christian of you. Oh, I see now, he insulted one of your idols, LOL.

Nothing like trimming a little fat off the constitution... Hey S if its "free-speech" then why are there consequences? I know, because what he said doesn't go along with the liberal agenda.

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