flags on our uni's

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by rainmaker
I hope we can find a way to avoid any political statements at all. If the rule is, "If one ref wears them, the whole crew has to" where does that leave the Jehovah's Witness, or the Communist Party member, or anyone else who feels uncomfortable wearing an American flag? If some refs do and some don't there is an inevitable comparison that could be drawn, and it doesn;t have anything to do with basketball. I don't think the politics of the world belong on the basketball floor, or the soccer field, or where ever we are officiating.

I was not aware that being a Jehovah's Witness precludes
one from wearing what amounts to a symbol of unity, if
they are then fine. But I can't for the life of me
understand why a member of the Communist Party would *not*
want to wear the flag, any more than a member of the
Democratic, Republican, Right to Life party or the Flat
Earth society for that matter. No offense meant, just
wondering.