National Anthem

[AreLinz]

This is the day and age we live, kids are very aware of what's happening, this isn't 10 years ago. With Social Media, and every Phone having an HD camera we see a lot of things that we might not of been Privy to years ago. I have no problem with kids/adults taking a knee, I think it's the people that have always felt a sense of control are the ones that worry.

[CATonFIRE76]

I'm getting ready to turn 40 this year. I've witness the change that social media has brought to everyone. When I was younger information did not flow like it does now. I didn't watch the news and the newspaper had only one thing that could hold my attention and that was the sports page. Good or bad, things have changed and I don't know if we can put toothpaste back in the tube.

[Greenvilleky]

This is not a complicated issue. It's your right to express yourself the way you want to. It's my right to express how I feel about the way you expressed yourself. I'm offended by kapernick. It's kapernick's right to express himself the way he wants. #notcomplicated

[bernies]

Agree 100%. Respect the freedoms the flag and the anthem stand for, and those that fought for that freedom. Millionaires in the NFL are protesting at an inappropriate time.

 

Your comment makes no sense. One of the many freedoms the flag stands for IS the right to kneel during the National Anthem. Just because you disagree with it, doesn't make it wrong. We can't start cherry picking the Constitution.

[jpa2825]

Maybe we should start praying before games for the violence to end. Is that going to hurt anything, will a few words hurt anyone.

 

Sounds like a great idea. Quran? Talmud? Tipitaka (Buddhism)? Bible? Bhagavad Gita (Hinduism)? Kojiki (Shinto)?

[Zonelife]

Jedi

[thehotsnakes]

Sounds like a great idea. Quran? Talmud? Tipitaka (Buddhism)? Bible? Bhagavad Gita (Hinduism)? Kojiki (Shinto)?

 

No FSM? I'm hurt.

[KY Outsider]

Your comment makes no sense. One of the many freedoms the flag stands for IS the right to kneel during the National Anthem. Just because you disagree with it, doesn't make it wrong. We can't start cherry picking the Constitution.

 

That's what makes this country great. Freedom to express yourself. Yes, I believe it's offensive to our founding fathers and those that fought for our freedom for someone to not stand in attention for the playing of our national anthem. Kneeling isn't as bad if they still face the flag.

[Clyde]

Maybe we should start praying before games for the violence to end. Is that going to hurt anything, will a few words hurt anyone.

 

 

What's stopping you from doing that ?

[Clyde]

Would be my policy as a HC. They're free to express their right to sit, I'm free to express my right to not play you.

 

 

As far as praying goes, there's no law that says you cannot pray in a school setting. You just can't mandate prayer.

 

That's not as simple as you make it sound. A teacher or coach cannot be part of the group prayer. Courts have deemed their influential roles as being a problem and a violation.

[Hellcats]

Young people have done the unpopular throughout this nation's history to invoke positive change. Kneeling during the anthem may be one of the most harmless.

[TheDeuce]

Disagree strongly. "Train up a child in the way he should go...." Young people don't have the perspective to understand a lot of what adults should teach them...whether it is in school or the workplace. But you teach them anyway, and someday most will understand. And appreciate. Especially when it comes to the military and our flag.

 

And by benching a kid for something like this, you're teaching him not to voice his opinion if it's not a popular one. How is that good for him?

[TheDeuce]

Young people have done the unpopular throughout this nation's history to invoke positive change. Kneeling during the anthem may be one of the most harmless.

 

This.

[TAC]

That's not as simple as you make it sound. A teacher or coach cannot be part of the group prayer. Courts have deemed their influential roles as being a problem and a violation.

 

I'm guessing not true at a catholic school?

[TAC]

Has anyone noticed more people actually singing the anthem as a way of peacefully protesting the protesters?