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Originally Posted by Buddahaid
Okay, we agree. There are, however, laws dictating how the flag is to be displayed but no law demanding behavior during the national anthem. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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There are
guidelines on how the flag is to be displayed, not laws. Big difference. Suggestions that nobody is going to jail or even pay a fine for not following.
As for the kneeling controversy you are correct as far as I know that there is no law (outside of the military of course) demanding a certain behavior during the national anthem, however, neither is there one preventing employers from demanding that their employees stand during the anthem to avoid irritating their customers. Nor is there one that says the customers have to meekly accept and continue to financially support this behavior if they allow it.
Besides if the NFL can't or shouldn't prevent players from kneeling during the game anthem because it's some big freedom of speech issue then why was it able to prevent the following with little or no argument from FoS advocates?
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— In 2012 the NFL had an issue with Tim Tebow kneeling for each game to pray; they also had an issue with Tebow wearing John 3:16 as part of his blackout to avoid glare and made him take it off.
— In 2013 the NFL fined Brandon Marshall for wearing green cleats to raise awareness for people with mental health disorders.
— In 2014 Robert Griffin III (RG3) entered a post-game press conference wearing a shirt that said “Know Jesus Know Peace” but was forced to turn it inside out by an NFL uniform inspector before speaking at the podium.
— In 2015 DeAngelo Williams was fined for wearing “Find the Cure” (under) eye black for breast cancer awareness.
— In 2015 William Gay was fined for wearing purple cleats to raise awareness for domestic violence.
— In 2016 the NFL prevented the Dallas Cowboys from wearing a decal on their helmet in honor of five Dallas Police officers killed in the line of duty during a BLM protest where they put themselves in harms way to protect the protesters.
— In 2016 the NFL threatened to fine players who wanted to wear cleats to commemorate the 15th anniversary of 9/11, when this country lost more people than when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
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http://www.bladenjournal.com/opinion...lover-kneeling