Are You Joking?
“I don’t think the national anthem is something we ought to be joking around with,” said Indiana state Sen. Vaneta Becker, explaining her proposed law to regulate the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner”. Under the bill, the state education department would create “performance standards,” and anyone singing the anthem for school events would have to agree to comply — and face a $25 fine if the performance broke the rules. Becker said she was prompted by a constituent who was upset about altered lyrics that had been used in a school program, but says she had also heard the song parodied on TV. (AC/Indianapolis Star) ...In some public schools, just singing “the land of the free and the home of the brave” is parody enough.Original Publication Date: 15 January 2012
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
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