National anthem as a mandatory game-starter? Florida free-speech test.

Posted on AllSides January 28th, 2022
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A move by Florida legislators, aimed at making the national anthem a compulsory feature of sporting events, raises some big questions about free speech – especially in the context of wider turbulence over politics and race.

The bellwether state of Florida now is amping up the volume in a nationwide discourse on race as a core facet of political culture wars.

Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential top contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, the state has raised penalties for organizers of protests, banned teachers from putting the words “critical” and “race”...

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https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2022/0128/National-anthem-as-a-mandatory-game-starter-Florida-free-speech-test

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