CBS Highlights NFL Cheerleader Discriminated Against for Being Christian

Nicholas Fondacaro | April 13, 2018
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It’s not often the liberal media report on issues important to the values of conservatives and it isn’t often that they do it in a respectful way. But during Thursday’s CBS Evening News, the network put a spotlight on a case in Florida where former Miami Dolphins cheerleader Kristan Ware filed an official discrimination complaint against the organization saying she was harassed and made to feel unwanted because of her faith.

As a Miami Dolphins' cheerleader, Kristan Ware was a fan favorite, but claims the league and the team discriminated against her because she was a Christian,” reporter Mireya Villarreal noted at the start of her report.

According to Ware’s statements in the interview with CBS, she wasn’t even allowed to mention God. “And I felt like I was walking on eggshell, but yet a football player can publically announce whatever he believes in,” the former cheerleader explained. “Whether it's kneeling for a political indifference or kneeling because he does have a relationship with God and he wants the pray before a game, he has a right to do that.”

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