Deviance in Sports and Church

In the article I read, the so called deviance was against the norms of a church softball team. Jana Jacobson is a softball coach for a local church softball team. She was openly gay and did not see any issue with it when it came to her being a coach. The only rules for the team was there must be no alcohol, smoking or cursing and no offensive terms on uniforms. She followed these rules and paid the entry fee to be in the tournament. Her team was disqualified. She was confused as of why. They said she was because her “lifestyle” was an act of deviance. She did not understand why. She knew that them doing this was against the word of God that she knew. She was hurt and later had a follow-up meeting saying that she showed public displays of affection. The minister said that because she is gay, her team cannot play because it will send the message that the people of their parish condone her lifestyle. A civil rights lawyer looked over the case and found out that it was not illegal; however, he said that the community of Memphis should protest it to stand up for the ridiculousness. She later said that she will not wait for the church to reverse their decision and she would not return even if they did.