James Stuart BrownNovember 25, 2025

I am saddened but not surprised that Cincinnati Bearcat fans were disappointed when their team was losing and sought someone to blame. To conflate what they deemed to be poor football refereeing with their distrust of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seems to follow a dysfunctional flow, but it helps to define bigotry. I hope that true Christians can connect the dots and see that the Church is following the Savior's admonition to return good for evil. Those who cannot recognize or make the connection that we are doing the "Christian thing" are themselves not Christian in word or deed. They have a lot of growing up to do. We, the members of the Church, need to continue to turn the other cheek when necessary, but don't be shy in pointing out that Cincinnati students got 27,000 pounds of love in the form of food. Like so many negative things, sincere people will wake up and want to know more. Events such as this are "filters" that separate the sheep from the goats.