Do you put your hand over your heart during the National Anthem?

[Jamastiene]

127. The only time I've actually heard anyone sing it,

as opposed to God Bless America, since 9/11, that is, was when the Queen of England had her band play it right after 9/11. I appreciated that, because our own government was falling over itself to make God Bless America the official "go to" song to bring only the religious part of the country together. The rest of us could go to Hell as far as our government was concerned. The queen of another country was the only one with the decency to play our National Anthem then.

Since then, our government has done nothing but God Bless America. So, I haven't had the chance. I would for the National Anthem, though, yes, if they ever bothered to play it again. I don't do the Pledge of Allegiance though, because under God pisses me off.

I will not for God Bless America either. I'd rather never hear that song again. That song makes me think of 9/11 and Bush being an asshole, and the rest of our government being assholes too, really, to the rest of us in America who don't hate gay people and women. At least, that is what the churches and religious people where I live represent. Riding through this town, there are messages about hellfire and damnation on every church billboard, and most of the churches use those billboards to complain about gay people and women. Nothing else is wrong in their minds. Only being gay or being a woman who doesn't let them control her body. Those are their only complaints, not the double the violent crime rates here, not triple the theft rates here. So, God Bless America is bullshit to me.