[greymule]

acknowledging a dead relative or friend and not God

Even if he insists he is not acknowledging God directly, by pointing to the sky in remembrance of his dead relative or friend, he is still apparently expounding, or at least simulating, a belief in the immortality of the soul, the existence of consciousness after death, or some other nefarious notion that traditionally involves belief in God and could make an atheist feel stressed.

Remember, in Fed it doesn't have to be actual tobacco use. The case book says that a player is to be ejected if he has chewing gum packed into his cheek such that it could be mistaken for a wad of tobacco. So neither does it have to be actual acknowledgment of a deity. The test is whether an atheist would feel stressed by seeing it.

A guy down the street is a member of the ACLU. I'm going to check with him and see what he thinks about this violation of the wall of separation between church and sports.

[Edited by greymule on Nov 14th, 2005 at 05:06 PM]