you seem upset, I'm not sure why
but to answer your question, I'm not a fan of the practice myself- I think the separation of church and state needs to be jealously guarded, as do all of our liberties
OT: Is there an established protocol for civilians during the National Anthem?
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but to answer your question, I'm not a fan of the practice myself- I think the separation of church and state needs to be jealously guarded, as do all of our liberties
Apparently the idiots in Congress decided to tell people what to do in 2008. I'm betting on them being too stupid to grasp the difference between a "pledge" and an "anthem", but of course some of them also think you need to buy some Chinese made flag pins to be patriotic.
Phelps came in second -- silver. Ledecky won by five yards, for shit's sake. Turn the tables you dolt.
The current law was passed in 2008, but the practice of putting your hand over your heart while hearing the anthem or saluting the flag goes back way, way before that, we were taught that in elementary school when I was a kid. I was PSU class of 1972, so you can do the math on when I was in elementary school.
You don't have to swear on the bible. The only thing that you are required to do is affirm that you will tell the truth. A bible is not needed, nor are the word "so help me God".
In fairness, new world records in swimming are a lot more common than silver medals for Phelps.
The practice of putting your hand over your heart while hearing the anthem goes back way, way before that - for SOME PEOPLE. FTFY.
I'm sure for everybody who was taught that was the way to do it in elementary school, there are lots of people who were taught that it isn't necessary to do so.
That's the problem with taking a "custom" and enshrining it into law. Where and when I grew up, it was "customary" to put your hand over your heart during the pledge, and to remove your hat and stand at attention for the anthem.
Now someone has apparently passed a law in the last few years that tells me that my custom was wrong and I was doing it wrong all along. Oh well - I'm still going to do things the way I've always done them.
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/...-men-women-take-4x100-medley-relay-golds.html
Murphy set a world record in the men's 4x100 medley relay, but Phelps still got the headline, and Murphy isn't female. Explain that one!
It was a split time. Wasn't an individual race. Give up. You're reaching. Some cannot just admit what is so obvious.
Actually, that does count as a world record. I didn't know that until it happened, just the other day.
It was still a bloody split. Besides, how accurately were split times recorded in the past? Numbnuts is just deflecting from the obvious.
36 U.S.C. Sec. 301
TITLE 36 -- PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS, passed in 1998, and amended in 2008.
Who said Congress doesn't get things done!! Also enacted under this law is the following important piece of legislation:
Sec. 114. Leif Erikson Day
The President may issue each year a proclamation designating October
9 as Leif Erikson Day.
What is the obvious? The AP is trying to sell papers, or the AP hates women?
AC/DC knows the answer.
It only counts as a world record if you lead off the relay (which Murphy did) - and it's been that way forever.
Of course it was a WR, swimming allows for world records on the opening leg of the relay. Swimmer starts in the blocks same as an individual swim and his/her time it calculated by when they touch the pad, just like an ind. race. Thus, swimmers CAN set WR's on lead off legs, just like Murphy did.
