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Old 09-30-2009, 04:14 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight View Post
It's a religious overtone to a publicly funded school activity and it shouldn't be there. If we're going to insist on continuing to dump money into an over-hyped system of high school football, siphoning it from actual education, the LEAST that can be asked is that it not involve tacit promotion of religion.
Yeah, that.

I'm not a fan of public performance of "God Bless America." "Star Spangled Banner" is usually sung by only the performer; if people choose to sing along, it's fine, but it's not expected. "Oh, Canada" is the national anthem, and if we're going to sing our anthem, and a Canadian team is playing, it's appropriate to sing theirs, too. I will admit that I'm a little biased on that one, since I find "Oh, Canada" to be a pretty song.

Is it enforced patriotism? I'm not sure. Somehow it feels different. Maybe I just have a knee-jerk reaction against public religion of any stripe.
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