{"id":2244,"date":"2013-07-04T01:29:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T01:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2013-07-04T01:29:43","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T01:29:43","slug":"for-once-ex-rep-west-is-correct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=2244","title":{"rendered":"For once, ex-rep. West is correct"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>It pains me deeply to say this, but a former U.S. representative who I grew to loathe during his single term in office is correct to blast Lady Gaga\u2019s recent rendition of the National Anthem.<\/p>\n<p>Gaga substituted the phrase \u201chome of the brave\u201d with \u201chome of the gays.\u201d That drew intense fire from former Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., who called her improvisation \u201creprehensible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/video\/in-the-news\/309155-allen-west-blasts-lady-gaga-for-defiling-national-anthem-with-home-of-the-gays-lyric\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/video\/in-the-news\/309155-allen-west-blasts-lady-gaga-for-defiling-national-anthem-with-home-of-the-gays-lyric\">http:\/\/thehill.com\/video\/in-the-news\/309155-allen-west-blasts-lady-gaga-for-defiling-national-anthem-with-home-of-the-gays-lyric<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gotta say it: West is right.<\/p>\n<p>Gaga has been a gay-rights activist at least for as long as she\u2019s been in the public eye. I do not begrudge her activism in that regard. Everyone ought to have a cause, and Gaga has chosen to take up the cudgel for the plight of gay people. At some level, I share her concern that gays are treated shabbily by society.<\/p>\n<p>But \u2026 there are some things one mustn\u2019t mess with and where I come from the \u201cStar Spangled Banner\u201d is one of those things that must remain true.<\/p>\n<p>West said this on his Facebook page: \u201cHaving served in the US Army for 22 years alongside some very brave men and women, I find Lady Gaga&#8217;s defiling of our National Anthem reprehensible.\u201d Gaga\u2019s rendition was delivered this past week at a gay pride rally in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t recall hearing about it when it happened. But it does frost me terribly when I hear of someone twisting lyrics whose meaning borders on sacred to many millions of Americans. I consider the National Anthem to be in that category of lyric.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t care in this instance one bit about the nobility of one\u2019s cause. Leave the \u201cStar Spangled Banner\u201d lyrics alone.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It pains me deeply to say this, but a former U.S. representative who I grew to loathe during his single term in office is correct to blast Lady Gaga\u2019s recent rendition of the National Anthem. Gaga substituted the phrase \u201chome of the brave\u201d with \u201chome of the gays.\u201d That drew intense fire from former Rep. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=2244\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">For once, ex-rep. 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