Clearly a creeping Christian conspiracy
tagged America, Christianity, football, freedom of expression, freedom of religion, Marcus Borden, Religion and secularism
Joel’s paranoid fears nonwithstanding, in the real world it does not appear to be Christianity that is invading America and silencing freedom of expression. Indeed, secularism seems to be taking on that role.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled that a football coach may not silently bow his head or “take a knee” with his team as gestures of respect during student-led prayers prior to a game.
Think about that for a second. The students are allowed to pray before a game if they wish, but the coach isn’t. He can’t even bow his head for a moment. Whatever happened to freedom of religion, or freedom of expression (come to think of it)? Whither the Constitution, as I asked Joel previously?
It is ridiculous to think that a court can rule on whether or not head movements by an individual are permissible or not — especially in America. And yet, essentially, that is what has been done. The coach must refrain from engaging in any voluntary motion which might indicate any sympathy with the actions of his students or the beliefs they are expressing as they pray, in spite of the fact that the coach very likely shares some of those beliefs and has a Constitutionally-protected right against the law intruding into his right to expres them.
