{"id":1995,"date":"2014-09-24T21:05:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T02:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2015-12-26T21:31:08","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T03:31:08","slug":"yankees-settle-god-bless-america-case-wont-restrict-spectators-movements-during-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/?p=1995","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Settle \u2018God Bless America\u2019 Case, Won\u2019t Restrict Spectators&#8217; Movements During Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The Yankees began playing \u201cGod Bless America\u201d during home games following 9\/11, as did all Major League Baseball teams. While other teams stopped playing the song during every game, the Yankees continued the ritual. In an effort to promote patriotism, Yankee security officials and uniformed NYPD officers hired by the Yankees prevented fans from moving around Yankee Stadium when the song was played.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Neither the Yankees nor the NYPD can force people to engage in acts of political loyalty,&#8221; said Christopher Dunn, NYCLU associate legal director and lead counsel in the case. &#8220;As a result of our lawsuit, fans can now go to a ballgame at Yankee Stadium knowing they will not be subjected to NYPD-enforced patriotism.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyclu.org\/node\/2500\">Yankees Settle \u2018God Bless America\u2019 Case, Won\u2019t Restrict Spectators&#8217; Movements During Song | New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) &#8211; American Civil Liberties Union of New York State<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yankees began playing \u201cGod Bless America\u201d during home games following 9\/11, as did all Major League Baseball teams. While other teams stopped playing the song during every game, the Yankees continued the ritual. In an effort to promote patriotism, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/?p=1995\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[144],"class_list":["post-1995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-rights","tag-baseball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1996,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions\/1996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}