Gene Hanson
Though messages like Hanson’s are gaining widespread attention, of course, it’s not every NFL player who is taking a knee.
Many players are in agreement with the farmer, that there is a time and place for such demonstrations, and the football field is not one of them.
Others, like Baltimore Ravens tight end Benjamin Watson, are in full agreement with Kaepernick’s reasoning, but still respectfully refuse to kneel for the Star Spangled Banner, out of respect for his country.
Watson’s chosen response has been to stand in unison with America, while respecting his kneeling brothers, and ultimately pointing to the King as the only hope for restoring peace:
“I locked arms, and I also pointed to the skies just because I really believe that the Lord will really have to have His hand on us when it comes to reconciling our differences.”
As for Gene Hanson, the farmer says the NFL won’t be getting airtime in his house this season.
If there’s one thing our country desperately needs right now, it’s something, or some One, to unify us once again.
One nation under God.
My prayer is that the focus would turn from division, oppression and hate to, instead, a band of brothers leading America in the way of God, and the hope that can be found in Him to restore our broken nation.
