what the HELL (no pun intended) is going on here?
I'm all for respecting whatever religion someone worships, but it is not the time or the place to state that "God has had a hand" in your team winning baseball games? baseball games?
it's a sport! Plus we know from Bruce Amighy that God is a Yankees fan (if you remember a few weeks back they came back from being something like 12 runs down to win -- that's divine intervention if there ever was..)
Yes, there was a previous post here:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
But i'm just putting in my two cents with some additional ideas about sport in general in this country since this was updated on alternet. (and funny enough, the rockies have lost 6 games in a row since the initial article came out -- God's work?)
More below the jump.
http://www.alternet.org/...
That's the article. Some quick thoughts to the rockies management:
First, you play at Coor's Field. You are funded by an alcohol product. That's not very Godly (sure it's made from the fruits of the earth, but c'mon).
Coors Light gets through football season by having women in commercials wearing short tops, flashing clevage, and the mantra word of "twins!" being used every chance it can be said.
That's not very Godlike.
Second, regarding Coors, they certified their beer to be Kosher. Obviously this was to try and sell more beer to non - christians (I.e. Jewish) to fatten up their profits. Now the Rockie's management is (pretty much) saying they won't have a Jewish athlete on their team because they wouldn't have the right "character" they are looking for?
Maybe they should rethink who their MAIN sponsor is? Perhaps the it could be the Christian Coalition Field?
They should also try to negotiate with the Angels, maybe they can trade names, so the rockies can be the halo's.
"Faith Day" at the ballpark is on the rise. The Arizona Diamondbacks are quoted as saying they aren't comfortable with the idea. On the contrary the braves do it on a pretty regular basis.
Now I'm all for the Star Spangled Banner every night (That's appropriate, it's about our country, remberance). However, I've always thought that if someone didn't want to remove their hat for whatever reason (say they are from Japan and aren't a US citizen) that's their right. This is as far as it should go. Recoginze this great nation, without having to be forced to acknowledge God (unless by your own desire -- idea: maybe have a 20 second moment of silence?)
Examples of separation of church and sport in world sport:
If I go to a Man United soccer game I will not hear God Save the Queen at the start or at halftime - which is a national anthem for england (now compare that to here, where God Bless America is played a lot of places at the 7th inning stretch). NOTE: the anthem IS played at INTERNATIONAL sport events, which makes sense.
At a Formula One race, no preacher comes out and gives a days blessing to drivers, the crowd, the pit crews, etc where the entire stands need to bow their head in prayer (think Nascar pre start at the Daytona 500, the Indy 500, and all other 25 odd races). Imagine? A race which brings together 25 countries just addressing say a Muslim prayer in Bahrain? or Protistant prayer in Britian? Would never happen. NOTE: again, the national anthem of the origin country is played of the winner at an F1 event.
This country was built on separation of church and state. Our politics and sports should stay that way. We are free to worship any religion we please (or non if that's the rub). When we get to a point where non-religious organizations are MAKING religion a major part of said organization, we are blurring the line of what this country was founded on.
Where do we go from here?