Hall of Fame football coach Tony Dungy took issue with Democratic Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnock’s declaration that he is a “pro-choice pastor.”
“Rev Warner may be a pastor,” Dungy, who was a head coach in the NFL for 13 years, tweeted about Warnock. “My question would be ‘Is he a Christian?’ That is, does he follow the teachings of Jesus and does he believe that the Bible is the absolute word of God?”
Rev Warner may be a pastor. My question would be “Is he a Christian?” That is, does he follow the teachings of Jesus and does he believe that the Bible is the absolute word of God? https://t.co/cabHEGB2XX
— Tony Dungy (@TonyDungy) December 9, 2020
Dungy added in another tweet: “I would think it would be difficult for someone who believes that God sees us when we are in the womb (Psalm 139:13-16) to think that it is OK to choose not to bring that life to fruition.”
Dungy was responding to a tweet from Warnock, a senior pastor at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church since 2005, in which he stated that he was a “pro-choice pastor.”
I am a pro-choice pastor.
— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) December 9, 2020
In another tweet responding to criticism over his original comment, Dungy said, “Please read Psalm 139:13-16. Then tell me if you think God puts babies in the womb or man does? If you believe they randomly get there, then I have no argument. But if you believe God puts them there, then how does anyone have a right to ‘choose’ which ones survive?”
Warnock is set to face off against Georgia’s Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler in a runoff election next month that will decide which political party controls the Senate for the next two years.
The RealClearPolitics average of polling in the race suggests the race is a dead heat, with Warnock leading by half a percentage point.
