Why does a pacifist university participate in sports where two factions violently protect a goal?

Goshen College Ditches 'The Star-Spangled Banner' Because Of War Imagery

GOSHEN, Ind. -- A small northern Indiana college has decided to stop playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at sporting events after starting to do so for the first time last year.

Goshen College's board of directors said it will find an alternative that honors the country and the Mennonite Church-affiliated school's pacifist traditions.

The 1,000-student college has been playing an instrumental version of the national anthem, followed by a peace prayer, before games and other events.

Some were upset with the school's decision last year because the song's lyrics contain references to using war and military might to defend the country.

Art professor John Blosser told The Goshen News that there is much national pride at the school, but that most people aren't going to blindly accept what the country does.

School officials have said discussions about whether to change the policy began in September 2008 when the athletic department asked school president James Brenneman to reconsider the school's stance.

Intercollegiate athletics began at Goshen in 1957, long after the school was founded in 1894.

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