Boise State star hires security for wedding
A few days ago, I wrote about how the wedding of Boise State running back Ian Johnson and cheerleader Chrissy Popadics was being complicated by NCAA rules on gift giving and accepting services.
Apparently, that’s not the only complication. Johnson told the Idaho Statesman that he’s had to hire security for the wedding due to racial threats.
As you can see from the picture, Johnson is black and Popadics is white.
That’s pretty sad, that a college kid has to hire security for his own wedding because he’s got the nerve to fall in love with someone who’s not the same color as he is. Love is blind, but hate is not.
One blog has been bombarded with comments from a white supremacist site after posting a story on the couple.
It’s always nice to know that there are people who have time to spew their hate and discontent around the blogosphere. I mean, have your freedom of expression and all that, but can’t you express it in a place where people actually want to read your stink?
There are some people who are still stuck in the dark ages and insist on making the rest of us uncomfortable with their extreme views on race and interracial relationships. I usually ignore them, but by doing that, am I only making the problem worse instead of better? There is no way to answer that question in a way that will have any real meaning.
All I know is that if two people truly love each other, the outside package doesn’t matter as much as what’s on the inside.
NCAA, college, football, Boise State, Ian Johnson, Chrissy Popadics, wedding, security, race, racial, interracial, relationships, love
July 30th, 2007 at 7:31 am
The racism is actually based on inferiority / superiority feelings and those who make racist remarks have a big need to feel superior.
Why? Because they feel something is wrong with THEM so they need to convince themselves that it isn’t true. So they blind themselves with racist remarks instead of digging deep and finding the true cause of their feelings.
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:32 pm
That was unbelieveable and sad that he was being threatened like that. Just goes to show you how far we still need to go as a society when it comes to the issue of racism.
October 24th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
After seeing the hate showing up in the chatrooms this election season, its really pathetic that we have citizens in this country who are that ignorant.
That Fiesta bowl, was really something else. And what a nice ending for these 2 young people. I wish them both lots of health, happiness and if they choose, many healthy curtain climbers LOL
October 24th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Wow, it’s truly pathetic that in this day and age there are still so many Neanderthals living. One would hope that they would have, by now, become extinct. I think Boomshakalaka is absolutely correct….”After seeing the hate showing up in the chatrooms this election season, its really pathetic that we have citizens in this country who are that ignorant.” My fiancé is WHITE and I’m BLACK and I would challenge anyone to harass us. I’m a very kind hearted person but I’ll be darned if I’ll hire security for our wedding because some back woods idiot can’t deal with the fact that he didn’t want them!!!!! It truly goes to show how much further we have to go. This election has brought to the forefront the lengths these idiots are willing to go to spew their venom. Chrissy and Ian to you I say…enjoy your lives and love each other with all your hearts. Don’t let the small minded, inbred mentality of idiots who would send you hate mail and cause you to feel that your safety is in peril due to their idiocy block your path to happiness. Here’s wishing you many, many years of happiness, prosperity, a long career in the NFL or whatever you choose to do. As my Mother always says: “Nothing is as sweet as success.” Let the idiots cancel each other out. Live in peace and love long!!!!
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