30-09-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org

John Klar: No free speech right to kneel

Editor’s note: This commentary is by John Klar, a Vermont grass-fed beef farmer, and an attorney and pastor who lives in Westfield.
There is no free speech right to kneel in protest at ball games. There just isn’t. The freedom to burn a flag or resist an anthem is clear — but not while you are in the paid employment of another. What if any player who wished could raise the Nazi flag during the anthem, or maybe a devout Christian who felt passionately about abortion kneeled in p
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