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Students at Lincoln Memorial Told to Stop Singing National Anthem
Fox News ^ | 8/9/10 | Todd Starnes

Posted on 08/10/2010 8:26:54 AM PDT by nmh

A group of high school students attending a conservative leadership conference in Washington, D.C. said they were ordered by a security guard to stop singing the national anthem during a June 25 visit to the Lincoln Memorial.

“They told them to stop singing,” said Evan Gassman, a spokesman for the Young America’s Foundation. “I was taken aback. You wouldn’t expect a display of national patriotism to be censored."

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“If their idea of civil disobedience is singing the national anthem, then so be it,” Gassman said. “Let them disobey.”

The crime was "singing it loudly".

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: anthem; banned; dnc4alqaeda; liberalfascism; national; nationalanthem; nationalparks; nointegrity; nopatriotism; obama4alqaeda; students; yaf
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius; Russ; BigBobber

“I agree with this 100%. This is a MEMORIAL folks.”

Big friggin deal. The way in which individuals choose to conduct themselves at memorial sites are their business, provided they are not desecrating or vandalizing property,and/or threatening/harming individuals.

I guess behavioral modification, if you will, is acceptable in this instance. Arbitrary censoring is fine in this case? I don’t need some Park Police telling me how to behave in public if I’m not braking any laws. If you find public displays of patriotism in such places annoying, or disturbing to your peace, I suggest you visit memorials late at night. No one is denying you of that, but don’t deny us the right to live freely, even at memorial sites.


41 posted on 08/10/2010 10:07:41 AM PDT by This Just In
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To: EggsAckley

The G Man is full of hot air. He wouldn’t say boo to a Muslim.


42 posted on 08/10/2010 10:10:14 AM PDT by This Just In
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To: nmh
The crime was "singing it loudly".

Loudly, or off-key?

43 posted on 08/10/2010 10:12:54 AM PDT by nina0113
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To: nina0113

Loudly.

That is subjective.

I guarantee you this, a CONSERVATIVE group, which this group was, was NOT singing it disrespectfully.


44 posted on 08/10/2010 10:15:47 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: nina0113
“A group of high school students attending a conservative leadership conference in Washington, D.C. said they were ordered by a security guard to stop singing the national anthem during a June 25 visit to the Lincoln Memorial.”

A CONSERVATIVE group that goes to the trouble of going there is not going to be singing it, spontaneously no less, obnoxiously or off key on purpose. These is NO REASON for them to be SILENCED and told it must be “CONTENT NEUTRAL”. Geesh! It's our NATONAL ANTHEM!

45 posted on 08/10/2010 10:19:27 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: nmh

UNMITIGATED TREASONOUS IDIOCY.

Lord, God, please deal with all the traitors who contributed to that situation in a way that will drive your priorities, honesty and integrity of values and actions pointedly home to their bone marrow level awareness.


46 posted on 08/10/2010 10:20:58 AM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: battlecry

GREAT! THEN WHAT HAPPENED?


47 posted on 08/10/2010 10:21:47 AM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: BamaDi

If I allowed my emotions to respond much at all, I’d be quickly exasperatedly furious.

GRRRRR


48 posted on 08/10/2010 10:23:05 AM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: albie

INDEED.


49 posted on 08/10/2010 10:23:36 AM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: Steely Tom

Already decided in some schools students can’t wear flags on their shirts. Don’t know if any of those rules were thrown out in court.


50 posted on 08/10/2010 10:27:32 AM PDT by whence911 (Here illegally? Go home. Get in line!)
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To: nmh

It was a JOKE.


51 posted on 08/10/2010 10:30:06 AM PDT by nina0113
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To: Quix
Lord, God, please deal with all the traitors who contributed to that situation in a way that will drive your priorities, honesty and integrity of values and actions pointedly home to their bone marrow level awareness.

I supposed that's a nice way of asking for a heavenly zot.

52 posted on 08/10/2010 10:31:02 AM PDT by nina0113
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To: Steely Tom

STARS AND STRIPES ARE IN THESE LEADER/TRAITORS’ TARGETING SIGHTS:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2


53 posted on 08/10/2010 10:32:43 AM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Virtually Everyone will suffer.


54 posted on 08/10/2010 10:33:27 AM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: dirtymac
It would appear that your concept of the First Amendment should read:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of quiet and not too obnoxious, lest it offend others- content neutral speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably but quietly and not too obnoxious manner, lest it offend others to assemble, and to petition the government for a content neutral redress of grievances.

55 posted on 08/10/2010 10:33:49 AM PDT by CharacterCounts (November 4, 2008 - the day America drank the Kool-Aid)
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To: BigBobber

THE ANTHEM,
GOD BLESS AMERICA
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC

WOULD ALL BE PLENTY FITTING THERE.

SHEESH.


56 posted on 08/10/2010 10:35:55 AM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: RnMomof7

It is interesting that THIS federal “law” is upheld but the one about securing our borders is not


INDEED.


57 posted on 08/10/2010 10:36:29 AM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: This Just In

Spare me the sanctimony. We conservatives do the right thing whether there is a law against it or not. Disturbing others at a place of reflection or study is boorish, it’s bad manners. We don’t sing at libraries, we don’t sing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, we don’t sing inside the Lincoln or any other memorial. That is, we don’t if our parents taught us to be respectful of others in solemn places.


58 posted on 08/10/2010 10:37:45 AM PDT by BigBobber
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To: nina0113

Actually, it was pretty open ended.

I just want God to make it vividly clear to them in an extremely memorable way what stupidly suicidal traitors they are.


59 posted on 08/10/2010 10:40:34 AM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: nmh

I hope it’s still okay to sing “Barack Hussein Obama/ Mhmm/mhmm/mhmm.”. (/s)


60 posted on 08/10/2010 10:46:05 AM PDT by Qbert
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