Geno, Dante's father, was flabbergasted. He said he taught his son to always give glory to God but doing it in a subtle way so as not to attract too much attention after making big plays."When you score touchdowns, when you make big plays, it's easy to become proud," Geno told Fox News. "It's easy to take credit for yourself. I didn't want my son to get caught up in that."
Describing his son's raised finger gesture, Geno said all Dante wanted to do at that moment was "to take credit away from himself and give glory to God."
"God gives us the ability and the talent. As Christians, we want to be sure to give that back immediately," he said.
Geno said he's proud of his son. "He's brave. I brought him up to be fearless in the face of opposition," he said.
Geno said what happened to his son was just a tiny example of the many instances happening all over America when Christians are being told to keep their beliefs to themselves.
"It troubles me," Geno said. "I think people have forgotten that we settled in this land to flee religious persecution. We're supposed to have religious freedom here. But it seems like instead of religious freedom we are being persecuted for our beliefs."
Dante said he will be back : praising God in the face of opposition.
Acts 5:41
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