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He Bent Down to Thank God for His First-Ever High School Touchdown — but It Cost His Team Dearly
The Blaze ^ | November 3, 2014 | Billy Hallowell

Posted on 11/03/2014 2:39:46 PM PST by Zakeet

When Fort Myers High school football player Sam Turner reached the end zone Friday night with the first touchdown of his high school career, he took a few seconds to bow down and thank the Lord, but that simple act ended up having a major consequence.

Turner, 16, who briefly bent down on one knee, placed his finger in the air and prayed to the Lord, was dealt a 15-yard penalty, with an official dubbing the prayerful act unsportsmanlike conduct, according to the News-Press.

(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: antichristian; christianpersecution; florida; football; prayer
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To: Zakeet

I saw an NFL player doing something similar on Sunday. Don’t remember which game or the player.

Some day in the near future Christians are going to have to defend themselves.


21 posted on 11/03/2014 3:09:17 PM PST by Vinnie
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To: KoRn

Simple: What is wrong with America is the American people.


22 posted on 11/03/2014 3:09:33 PM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Admin Moderator

Thank you! whew!! :)


23 posted on 11/03/2014 3:09:57 PM PST by PistolPaknMama
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To: KoRn

That was worth saying twice.


24 posted on 11/03/2014 3:10:05 PM PST by Michael.SF.
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To: Secret Agent Man

Toby Keith???


25 posted on 11/03/2014 3:10:55 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Zakeet

Next time behead a cheerleader.


26 posted on 11/03/2014 3:11:50 PM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Zakeet

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zRvEGIfcos0/T_87fTJ6tSI/AAAAAAAADRU/2kVxVI0rZcQ/s1600/georgewashington1.jpg


27 posted on 11/03/2014 3:12:07 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Zakeet
It did cost his team dearly in any way shape or form Fort Myers won the game 49-0
28 posted on 11/03/2014 3:16:19 PM PST by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: Digger; KoRn

We’ve done nothing. Doing nothing encourages evil to grow.

Push back, or be buried. They will never relent.


29 posted on 11/03/2014 3:17:39 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: Theodore R.

Simple- what is wrong with the United States of America, is the users/takers, of the providers. No more, no less. Hey, Theo R., eat your cattle cake- with mucho gustov...


30 posted on 11/03/2014 3:22:26 PM PST by RedHeeler
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To: KoRn

He should have grabbed his genitals, this would have been acceptable


31 posted on 11/03/2014 3:27:27 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: KoRn
What in the hell is wrong with this country!?!?

Democrats, Marxists, P.C. liberals and an education system that fails to teach the American ethic. Oh yeah, also RINO's.

32 posted on 11/03/2014 3:29:15 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: KoRn
What in the hell is wrong with this country!?!?

Indeed. It hardly seems like my country any longer.

33 posted on 11/03/2014 3:29:21 PM PST by PGR88
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Had this occurred in Bald Knob AR, the game would have been delayed by a ref getting his a** beat.


34 posted on 11/03/2014 3:36:23 PM PST by Hugh the Scot ( Total War)
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To: Zakeet

Officials say Florida high school player was not penalized for prayer

Fort Myers (Fla.) High School football player Sam Turner wasn’t penalized for a moment of prayer after scoring a touchdown in Friday’s 49-0 victory against Riverdale.

Instead, both the Florida High School Athletic Association and the South Gulf Football Officials Association said the senior tight end was flagged for violating Rule 9-5, Article 1 (c) of the 2014 National Federation of State High School Associations football rulebook.

The section, which covers non-contact, unsportsmanlike conduct penalties lists as one of its examples, “any delayed, excessive or prolonged act by which a player attempts to focus attention upon himself.”

http://usatodayhss.com/2014/fort-myers-florida-prayer-penalty


35 posted on 11/03/2014 3:36:25 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: Zakeet

Democrat ref......who da thunk?


36 posted on 11/03/2014 3:39:05 PM PST by Sivad
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To: KoRn

Send the cretinous official to Iraq. Maybe he can make a difference with those ISIS guys who keep sticking their fingers in the air to praise Allah. See how that would work.


37 posted on 11/03/2014 3:39:19 PM PST by Afterguard (Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
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To: arbitrary.squid
Yes. A fifteen yard penalty is not exactly martyrdom.
38 posted on 11/03/2014 3:41:32 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Digger
Ain't my fault. I have been a patriotic conservative American since Eisenhower days.
39 posted on 11/03/2014 3:43:27 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Zakeet

All this hair-pulling and jumping about...

If he’d simply walked over to the Ref and handed him the ball, then trotted back to the bench, no penalty would have been assessed. None would ever have been contemplated.

But, instead, he engages in a huge “Look at me!” moment. Penalty deserved, and assessed.


40 posted on 11/03/2014 4:04:01 PM PST by BrewingFrog (I brew, therefore I am!)
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