Sports Illustrated says SCOTUS ruling
for praying coach ‘erodes democracy’
BizPac Review,
by
Chris Donaldson
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
6/14/2022 10:18:44 AM
Sports Illustrated is taking heavy fire over a tweet suggesting that a Supreme Court ruling in favor of a former high school football coach who was fired for kneeling in silent prayer after games would be a blow against democracy, the latest example of the sad decay of a magazine that was once an American institution before it became a propaganda vehicle for radical leftist ideology.The nation’s highest court will decide the case of Joe Kennedy, a retired USMC gunnery sergeant and combat veteran who in 2015 was fired by the Bremerton School District in Washington State for honoring God at the 50-yard-line at the completion of games.
When leftists/marxists (democrats) speak of democracy, I am reminded of the quote from Princess Bride. "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
jimboscott 6/14/2022 10:25:10 AM (No. 1185449)
Folks, DEMOCRACY is the PROBLEM. It is absolutely NOT the solution.
The more democratic we become (17th Amendment, talk of overturning the Electoral College) the worse things get.
I say, take what has been democratized (except for the House of Representatives) out behind the barn and shoot it in the head. Put it down. It is the problem.
And that is just one reason why the word democracy appears exactly ZERO times in the founding documents of the United States of America.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
MrDeplorable 6/14/2022 10:33:23 AM (No. 1185456)
The United States is NOT a DEMOCRACY, as Ben Franklin observed when he came out of the Constitutional convention and was asked "What form of government do we have?" his answer was, "A REPUBLIC, if you can keep it."
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Blizzard 6/14/2022 10:34:03 AM (No. 1185457)
I stopped reading SI two years ago thanks to their Leftist sports writers. Libs kill everything they touch.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
JackBurton 6/14/2022 10:53:44 AM (No. 1185479)
How different is a coach having an opinion than kneeling during g the national anthem?
Answer. Very. It's the way opinions SHOULD be expressed.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
sterling431 6/14/2022 11:03:45 AM (No. 1185492)
What claptrap. The U.S. was founded on Judeo Christian principles. These 2 religions have served this country well since its inception. The left has taken both out of our culture. The left's religion is so called diversity, which is an erroneous belief of the left it brings us all closer together. This is a big lie. Emphasis on cultural identity creates more harm than good and pushes people away from each other. Just more happy talk with zero evidence of it being a positive force in our society. As Thomas Sowell emphasizes on all matters of governing; Where is the evidence?. I have yet to see any evidence diversity brings people closer together or otherwise makes a better society. Is the slogan There is a parallel between the reduction of religion in the public square and the increase of murders, theft, carjackings, rapes, lack of Fathers in the home, and the many other forms of destructive behavior we see but ignore every day. Without the restraining hand of a religious belief system we have become inured to the grotesque state of our society. To those who have any semblance of understanding of the history of the world it is obvious we are heading to societal failure thru worshiping such things as diversity, non-judgementalism, immoral lifestyles. It is hard to understand why this clear behavioral degradation isn't obvious to the majority of us. It apparently caused by a cessation of judgement of any kind thru the cultural manipulation of the left done be celebrating such perversity as teaching small children about transexuals, etc. and demonizing any and all religious faith. The supplantation of our historical judo christian belief system with globalism, climate worship, and other forms of idol worship will certainly be our undoing. It is so sad that all this will only be clear to many only after it is too late to recover from.
society. This society is on a track towards failure just like all the mothers throughout history.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
sterling431 6/14/2022 11:06:08 AM (No. 1185495)
Sorry for the few typos. Was hurrying a bit to make an appt..
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
qr4j 6/14/2022 11:09:24 AM (No. 1185500)
Drag shows for children: okay.
Kneeling in prayer after a football game: not okay.
What's wrong with this Lefty pic?
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Typically, they have to blame it on Trump. And are all those black receivers and running backs who kneel in the end zone and thank God for allowing them to score a touchdown also eroding democracy?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
RayLRiv 6/14/2022 11:23:30 AM (No. 1185523)
If that's the case then the NFL needs to fine every player that screams, beats his chest and points upward after scoring a TD or making a great play cause they're publicly admitting there IS a God and 'that erodes democracy' too. Why are they pointing skyward? WHO are they thanking for the TD or play? Don't the players know that the stadium is a public venue, most likely subsidized by tax dollars - and if not, then public services provided by the city or town the stadium is located make it imperative that teams need separate 'church' (some consider these venues have religious overtones - and the NFL plays on Sunday!) from State.
The chest-thumping, screaming, sky pointing athlete has become cliche.
Two can play this game Sports Illustrated
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 6/14/2022 11:47:06 AM (No. 1185563)
Never read SI, and really never even paid attention to the swimsuit editions much, either. But when they started with the bizarre and disgusting men-pretending-to-be-women IN SWIMSUITS.....I knew it was totally over for this worthless leftist propaganda rag.
This proves it. Scraping bottom and running off any normal people. Leftists destroy everything they touch.
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Total insanity at SI !
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
stablemoney 6/14/2022 12:24:14 PM (No. 1185600)
Only kneeling before the communist god is allowed.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 6/14/2022 12:37:01 PM (No. 1185618)
I always wondered where the dumb-jock prejudice came from, but now I can see.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
MDConservative 6/14/2022 1:02:23 PM (No. 1185633)
This story is deeper than presented. Kennedy was "a coach" not the head coach. His employer offered accommodations that were refused. He and his lawyer brought attention to his act of praying, which was certainly meant to serve as pressure on his employer. Supporters, including legislators, were invited onto the field. The school district said he could pray silently all day on the sidelines without taking a knee to do so, perhaps he did, or without calling attention to himself in the process. The issue isn't prayer but the context in his official capacity conspicuous on school property. Under labor law his actions are certainly "insubordinate" behavior, compounded by its public and publicized nature.
So teacher Kareem lays out his prayer rug in his room immediately after math class, or Coach Beelzebub "barely audibly" calls out demons in the center court circle before the game...still down for the First Amendment protections?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
skacmar 6/14/2022 1:36:04 PM (No. 1185654)
Back when Sports Illustrated was a real magazine that reported on actual SPORTS, it was readable. Now it has become a more like ESPN. THey don't focus on sports so much as they focus on the social aspects of what sports used to be.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
SkeezerMcGee 6/14/2022 2:13:48 PM (No. 1185687)
I agree with #15. This is a close case on the facts. It's more complicated than simple praying on a school's football field. I will not be surprised that the SC will rule against the Coach.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
faceincrowd 6/14/2022 2:49:41 PM (No. 1185730)
Code word: "democracy". What they really mean: hey, I don't like you praying over there. 'Cause I worship Lucifer and have sex with children. I just can't say any of that out loud. Yet.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
mifla 6/15/2022 8:02:22 AM (No. 1186258)
SI's problem is not with the praying, it is with praying to the wrong god.
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