When our politicians are more concerned about silly words in a sillier anthem, no wonder our country is a mess. Anthems were a way of spreading patriotism in an age where books were hard to come by. Today a 3 year old has been exposed to more knowledge than a 30 year old from the 1900's. Not only are anthems obsolete, we have moved to globalization, what good is an anthem now. Are politicians here to serve their silly opinions and personal ideologies which are correct for a brief moment in our dynamic history. WAKE UP PEOPLE, if you account for the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on this topic, no wonder children in Africa are hungry, all to change our anthem from sons to us. Society really needs to stop putting down men too. We didn't make this far not recognizing Male strengths. I see all these women running to act like men today but I promise you they will all be pregnant the moment a war starts and god forbid conscription is enforced.