Bryan says she’s unsure if action will be taken against Joyner.
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An Alabama pastor caused controversy at a local high school football game, saying players who don’t stand for the United States national anthem should be shot.
The national-anthem issue has been in the news ever since San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kapernick was spotted not standing for the anthem during a preseason game, later telling reporters that he was taking a knee to raise awareness of the issues facing black Americans. Not only is this guy a football announcer, but he’s a local pastor.
A high school football announcer has said players who refuse to stand for the national anthem should be shot by members of the military.
A pastor and high school football announcer in Butler County is setting the record straight about his message regarding the national anthem.
Joyner admitted in the email that he shouldn’t have expressed his political views while he was announcing, which is why he made a decision to resign. “Threats of violence are a violation of school policy and certainly not condoned by the school board”.
Sweet Home Baptist Church also stood by their pastor, the site notes, saying that Joyner’s words were “taken out of context and misquoted several times over”. “And that is the handsome thing about this country that if someone doesn’t think that it is good enough they have their right and all we are doing is exercising that right”, Foster concluded.
Joyner’s comments were likely inspired by the actions of the NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick who has stated he would not stand for the national anthem due to the treatment of African-Americans in the US, which has inspired others to follow suit. They are acts that we are all free to join or not. “You, on the other hand are promoting extremist violence by way of state sanctioned executions”.
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One person’s beliefs are easy to denounce or ignore, but the underlying issue is the fact that many Americans actually share Joyner’s sentiments.
