Goshen College, probably our country’s most well-known Mennonite college, will no longer play the Star Spangled Banner at sporting events, and many Mennonite churches don’t have the flag in the front. A recent CNN Faith blog post by Mark Schloneger explains why it is that Mennonites think and behave this way. I recently had a post about how political the church ought to be — a way of being political, and so I clip here a few paragraphs from Schloneger’s explanation.

July 4 is coming up. This is one very Christian response. What do you think should be done about flags in churches, July 4th services at churches, and the danger of asking churches to express allegiance to the State?