text: US Code cannot compel anyone to stand during the anthem. Doing so is a clear violation of the 1st Amendment. Standard and tradition does not = "right thing to do." In fact, standard and tradition have often been the driving force behind many of the wrong things we've done throughout our history. 
  
  Standard and tradition where the excuses behind slavery, Jim Crow, women's lack of franchise, and LGBTQ rights to exist. Standard and tradition are the reason that women and minorities continue to face discrimination as wells as wage, opportunity, and justice disparities. 
  
  Standard and tradition is great for white male Christians, not so much for anyone else.