It's September 2017 and in recent days there has been a fuss about athletes who take a knee during the national anthem. This act is clearly within any person's right to freedom of speech as set forth by the constitution and upheld by the Supreme Court. As I understand it, the general theme of this action is to protest against racial injustice, essentially saying that as a society we are not living up to the ideals that the flag represents. There are two particular aspects which I would like to address regarding this. First of all, many people seem to be outraged and seem to be personally offended when athletes take a knee during the national anthem. I think this is quite revealing about what a person values. There are many great sins in our society that we should have a righteous anger about. And we should have a righteous humility about these sins, knowing that even if we don't commit these particular sins, it is only by the grace of God that we don't. Allow me to ment...
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