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   A gay-rights organization has denounced the New York Giants for   
   hiring — and defending — former player David Tyree after he said   
   he believes some people can change their sexual orientation.   
      
   “David Tyree is seen as a role model by countless fans across   
   the country,” said Chad Griffin, president of Human Rights   
   Campaign, referring to Mr. Tyree’s famous “helmet” catch in 2008   
   that helped the Giants beat the New England Patriots in the   
   Super Bowl.   
      
   However, he has not only spoken against gay marriage, but he has   
   repeatedly promoted the “dangerous” idea that a person can or   
   should try to change their sexual orientation, Mr. Griffin said.   
      
   “By promoting these harmful personal views … he’s inflicting   
   lasting damage on individuals — especially young people   
   victimized by adults who see his words a license to try and   
   ‘cure’ their homosexuality with physical and psychological   
   torture tactics,” Mr. Griffin said.   
      
   Some of the tweets in question were written in 2011.   
      
   Mr. Tyree, a devout Christian who is married with seven   
   children, disagreed with a message he received about how sexual   
   orientation is “not a choice.”   
      
   Mr. Tyree replied that “there are many former homosexual men and   
   women in this country & no scientific data to support the claim   
   of being born gay.”   
      
   Earlier this month, Mr. Tyree bemoaned the plight of single   
   Christian women because so many men are “either immature or   
   effeminate.” “#StayTheCourse #Wait OnTheLord,” he advised.   
      
   At a Wednesday press conference, New York Giants General Manager   
   Jerry Reese defended Mr. Tyree as their new director of player   
   development, saying, “he’s a terrific fit for us and we’re happy   
   to have him on board.”   
      
   The Giants also issued a statement Tuesday saying that Mr. Tyree   
   was “expressing his personal view, and that is not the view of   
   the Giants‘ organization.”   
      
   Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, said the HRC was   
   acting intolerantly and ignoring Mr. Tyree’s constitutional   
   rights to freedom of speech and freedom of religion.   
      
   Gay activists are trying to “silence public figures for   
   espousing tradition beliefs on sexuality,” said Mr. Donohue. “It   
   must be resisted, especially by people of faith,” he said.   
      
   New Jersey is one of two states that forbids state-licensed   
   counselors from providing sexual-orientation “change” therapy to   
   minors, out of fears the teens will be harmed. The Giants play   
   their home games in MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.   
      
   Groups representing change-therapy counselors — who say they   
   only talk with clients — and former homosexuals have helped   
   squelch these bans in as many as eight states in recent months.   
      
   http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/23/david-tyree-   
   hired-giants-move-bashed-gay-rights-gr/   
      
       
      
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