A football team of 11 and 12-year-old's in Beaumont Texas chose as a team and with their parent's permission to
take a knee during the national anthem at games. Then the team's executive board fired their coach and canceled their whole season to punish them for it.
My dad is from Beaumont and I was raised in Texas and I am ashamed that this town would treat a respectful, peaceful protest with such anomalous.
Please join me in demanding the Beaumont Bulls get the two coaches they lost back and are allowed to finish their season with dignity. The boys first took a knee in early September before a game that they went on to win. All of them had permission from their parents and the coaches, as well.
Within 24 hours the boys and coaches began receiving death threats for their silent protest. Eventually, the team's executive board asked them not to kneel. But it was within their rights as citizens and so they did it anyway. It was that important to them. Instead of being allowed to go on playing,
the board canceled the rest of their season and fired one of their favorite coaches.It is so inspiring to see young men take such thoughtful and brave action to stand up for the injustices they see and so heartbreaking to see some of the adults around them respond so poorly. I grew up doing organized sports and other extra curriculars and the lessons I learned there have served me in adulthood.
It is wrong that the message these boys have received is that their voices don't matter and they will be punished for speaking out against injustice.Please sign the petition to call on the team's executive board to allow the boys to finish out their season and continue to take a knee during the national anthem.
