The first amendment of the United States Constitution declares that Congress shall not prohibit freedom of speech or the right to peacefully assemble. Since kneeling during the anthem is both a freedom of speech and a peaceful way to protest, those for it argue that it is a basic right that should be allowed. This side further disputes that the same police and soldiers that are risking their lives for this country are doing so in order to give us the freedom to sit or
The first amendment of the United States Constitution declares that Congress shall not prohibit freedom of speech or the right to peacefully assemble. Since kneeling during the anthem is both a freedom of speech and a peaceful way to protest, those for it argue that it is a basic right that should be allowed. This side further disputes that the same police and soldiers that are risking their lives for this country are doing so in order to give us the freedom to sit or