Anyone else think people should just shut up sometimes!!!?!
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Anyone else think people should just shut up sometimes!!!?
Fiesta Bowl star Ian Johnson says he's hired wedding security because of racist threats
July 25, 2007
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- 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.
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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.
A Boise State football spokesman, Todd Miles, said Tuesday that Johnson hoped to put the matter behind him and did not want to discuss it further. Popadics' family said she was not available.
At the Fiesta Bowl, Johnson used a "Statue of Liberty" play to score the winning two-point conversion as underdog Boise State beat the Oklahoma Sooners 43-42 in overtime. The Broncos ended their season 13-0.
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I agree that sometimes people should just shut up and mind their own business. I live in Idaho about 2 hrs from Boise and was watching that game..it was AWESOME! I also got to see the proposal and everything and am SO happy for the couple. Their story is like a movie and I wish them the best of luck. People need to mind their own business, allow the couple to be together and live in love just like anyone else that wants to get married. In this world, love should be celebrated more.I hope they have a long and happy life together and to those who disagree, you have no right to judge and decide whats best for anyone else, its not your life, so shut the fu*k up and leave love and the couples who have it, alone!