Fired University of Georgia cheerleading coach and “good Christian” Marilou Braswell continues her protest that she discriminated against Jewish cheerleader Jaclyn Steele when the senior did not participate in New Testament Bible studies at Braswell’s home with the rest of the squad. Braswell is just shocked that playing favorites according to religion got her canned and says she knows in her heart she did nothing wrong and that she “did nothing but love” all the cheerleaders, regardless of their religion. She’s calling her fight with the school’s athletic department “God’s battle” and compares herself to the Biblical David: “This situation is my giant.” (Wow, all that studying’s really paid off, honey!) The unemployed coach has decided the Christian thing to do when confronted with one’s own discrimination is to sue, so Braswell filed a federal suit against UGA Board of Regents, UGA President Michael Adams and athletic director Damon Evans last fall. No trial has been set.
We smell a tragicomic cable movie in the making- we’re thinking kosher cutie Alicia Silverstone as the wronged cheerleader, but who could capture the nuanced idiocy and bad make-up of Marilou Braswell? Here’s one suggestion; post yours below.