by Joe Carter | firstthings.com
The pacifists’ choice of ‘America the Beautiful’ over the National Anthem is causing controversy on a Mennonite campus:
The Star-Spangled Banner may yet wave over in Indiana, but no one’s going to be singing about it.
The Mennonite campus is dropping the national anthem in favor of “America the Beautiful” before all sporting events, saying the latter song better represents the college’s religious values and pacifist tradition.
The rockets’ red glare and those bombs bursting in air — lyrics honoring an obscure naval battle during the War of 1812 — seemingly proved too violent for a college whose motto is “Healing the World, Peace by Peace.”
Innocence, regardless of distinction warrants protecting.
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