Standing for Patriotic songs other than the National Anthem
 

There has been a lot of buzz regarding the NFL player who did not stand up for The National Anthem. Of course, it is his right to do so or not - regardless of what others say. I am not weighing in on that.

My "question" is standing up for other patriotic songs like "America The Beautiful", "God Bless America", or "God Bless The USA".

According to custom, it is known to everyone to stand when your country's national anthem is played - no matter which country you come from. Canadians stand for "O, Canada", etc. we do for "The Star Spangled Banner".

We are not required to stand up for patriotic songs but depending where you hear them, the "custom" seems to go to standing. I have seen some folks here remain seated for "God Bless The USA" and the "standees" look at them as though they committed a grave sin.

Viewpoints?

I gladly stand up for the Star Spangled Banner and America the Beautiful (which probably is the better choice for our anthem), but God Bless The USA has been too commercialized and overplayed. I still stand up but with some reluctance.

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National anthem
 

49'S QUATERBACK COLIN KAEPENICK ALWAYS STOOD UP FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM UNTIL HIS GIRLFRIEND[ HIP-HOP RADIO PERSONALITY DJ NESSA DIAB], A BERKELEY GRAD. OUTSPOKEN BLACK LIVES MATTER ADVOCATE AND A MUSLIN. SHE&KAEPERNICK GOT ENGAGED THIS SUMMER AND HAD HIM CONVERT TO ISLAM TOO AND COLIN IS NOW A MUSLIN TOO. NOT FOR WHAT HE IS SAYING, BUT FOR HER.:spoken:

Eureka, Whoop there it is! Good Info normandy.

Hold a door, return your cart, pick up something that has been knocked over in a store even when nobody's looking. Stand for everything that salutes our country and respect the anthems of other countries, stand when it's appropriate. I wear a yamaka when I go into a friends temple. Stand for Our Country before there is no Country!

Mrs. Barefoot this is wonderful to see. :agree:

If I had been in Germany in 1936 at the Olympics, I hope that I would not have stood for their National Anthem. Nor saluted Adolf Hitler.

I would stand for almost any countries' National Anthem now but there are still exceptions. This would however depend on why I was in that country or at some place where that National Anthem is being played.


I respect the American Flag, the National Anthem and the like but really only because of the ideals that our Founding Fathers had for this country as expressed in the US Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and other important documents like the Emancipation Proclamation and some of the documents from the Civil Rights battles.

I do not respect politicians who use these documents for their own often greedy and vainglorious ends.

Thanks much for your respect!:)

All those things that you think highly of,
came about in America, and that is why I am proud
to be an American, and will always stand during
our national anthem!

I fail to see the comparison.

Jesse showed the master race what would soon be in store for them.

The original topic was about standing for other patriotic songs beyond the National Anthem. The discussion is getting far off track. Please stay on topic.

I proudly stand for the national anthem. My grandson knows to stand and remove his cap for the anthem and when the colors go by in a parade. He is diligent about putting his hand over his heart when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, even though he'd prefer to salute like a real soldier. I have not taught him to stand for any other patriotic song, nor will I. So, no, I don't stand for other songs any more than I would stand for a state flag and I really don't care if the entire room does so. This honor belongs to the Star Spangled Banner in my mind.

I have no problem with standing for the National Anthem. As for "God Bless the USA"... I don't stand. It's turned into just another one of those applause-trigger gimmick. Yes, I get "the looks" but don't really care. If it makes you feel good to stand... go right ahead. It doesn't, however, make you more patriotic.