Oral Roberts, who’s David vs Goliath run in the NCAA tournament ended over the weekend after upset wins against Ohio State and Florida, was attacked by USA Today’s For The Win publication.
The piece was written by Hemal Jhaveri, the “race and inclusion editor.”
She admits the evangelical university from Tulsa is a fan favorite as an underdog, but she detests its strict student requirements. ORU’s “deeply bigoted anti-LGBTQ+ polices can’t and shouldn’t be ignored,” Jhaveri writes in a despicable screed.
That’s just the opening salvo of a long bombardment on ORU and a call for the NCAA to ban the school. Making its way to the Sweet 16, Oral Roberts is pummeled for its fundamentalist values and beliefs. It’s “a relic of the past” and completely incompatible with the NCAA’s values of equality and inclusion — she writes.
Following God, purity and modesty instead of the NCAA is a really bad move by ORU according to Jhaveri.
During March Madness two years ago, Deadspin spewed the same kind of anti-Christian bigotry against Liberty University.
These publications are obviously out of touch with the First Amendment and the right of religious liberty.