Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho — The Boise State running back who scored the winning points in the Fiesta Bowl, then proposed to his cheerleader girlfriend on national television, says he has hired security for their wedding because of racial threats.
Ian Johnson, who is black, and Chrissy Popadics, who is white, are due to be married Saturday in Boise.
Since his Jan. 1 proposal, Johnson said, he has received phone calls, letters and some personal threats from people who object to their marriage plans.
“You take it for what it is — the less educated, the less willing to change,” Johnson, 21, of San Dimas, Calif., told the Idaho Statesman for its Tuesday editions. “But we’re not acting like we’re naive to all the stuff that’s going on. We know what’s been said. We’re going to make sure we’re safe at all times. It’s an amazing day for us, and we’d hate to have it ruined by someone.”
“It’s really sad because a lot of people that are probably doing it are the same people who were cheering me on,” Johnson said.
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July 27th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
If GOD doesn’t see any difference between the races, who are we to judge? Besides, it really galls me when white supremacists say they’re “doing GOD’s will” by persecuting blacks and Jews, and saying we shouldn’t mix the races. They should read the Bible sometime. If they did, they’d realize that in Jesus’ lineage (which was mostly, how you say, Jewish?), Ruth was a Moabitess, Rahab was a Canaanite, and Bathsheba may have been a Hittite (it doesn’t say precisely, but it does mention that Uriah was).
July 28th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
fourpointer: Doubtful that Bathsheba was a Hittite. Uriah appears to have been a Gentile that converted to Judaism and took for himself a wife from the tribe of Judah. But your other points were good.
August 2nd, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Act 17:26 And hath made of ONE BLOOD all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth
Race issue?? What race issue?? We are ALL ONE BLOOD…….ALL NATIONS whether black or white or anything else. Folks are simply ignorant (said this whitey who married a Hispanic).