Local FOX 13 reports that the entire Garfield High School football team, including the coaches, took a knee during the national anthem Friday night before their game against West Seattle High on Friday night to protest “social injustices.”

In a previous article we shared that the Eagles plan to protest at Monday’s NFLgame. Is this the way we are teaching out children. Is patriotism being lost in a sea of liberal nonsense in our education system? This the type of country Hillary Clinton wants the USA to become. One that is diluted with people who do not love our values and do not respect our laws. If she gives amnesty to tens of millions of illegal foreign nationals, it is only a matter of time until standing for the National Anthem and saluting the flag is considered bigotry.

After the game, which Garfield won, Garfield High School head football coach Joey Thomas said that “the players decided to do this” to bring attention to “social injustices,” emphasizing that it was “a player-driven” move and that his players plan to continue the practice during the anthem before every game “until they tell us to stop.”

Seattle Public Schools issued the following statement: “Students kneeling during the national anthem are expressing their rights protected by the First Amendment. Seattle Public Schools supports all students’ right to free speech.”

The recent public protests during the national anthem at sports events began a couple of weeks ago when San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat during the national anthem to protest racial injustice. After receiving some criticism that he was disrespecting the flag, Kaepernick started kneeling during the anthem. Several other NFL players have also begun kneeling during the anthem.

Garfield High School (Seattle) student-athletes taking a knee during the National Anthem yesterday. #Seattle pic.twitter.com/o362ugXMd2 — HauteHoopla (@HauteHoopla) September 17, 2016

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