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  1. Hype for the Future 81/284: “O Canada!”

    Overview The modern-day Canadian National Anthem, “O Canada!,” is the official national anthem in both English and French throughout the Confederation. Originally written in the French language, the English lyrics would not become official until circa 1980, never intending to be a direct translation of the original French lyrics. Even in spite of the distinction, the English lyrics would not withstand the test of time, with gender neutrality becoming the most significant of significant […]

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  2. @Professor_Stevens @Tooden @georgetakei

    We need a godless national anthem, since the idea of submitting to an invisible overlord *divides* rather than unites us! Unfortunately, as you alluded to, too many Americans think Jesus dictated the Constitution to the Founding Fathers while toting an AR-15. /S

    Reddit user Finsternis made a very elegant edit to "God Bless America", that the Bible thumpers would absolutely have a cow over:

    God-LESS America,
    Land that I love,
    Stand beside her, and guide her
    Through the night with no fright from above.

    From the mountains, to the prairies,
    To the oceans, white with foam
    God-less America, My home sweet home
    God-less America, My home sweet home.

    reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/

    #NationalAnthem #NationalAnthems #GodBlessAmerica #godless #America #USA #atheism

  3. @Professor_Stevens @Tooden @georgetakei

    Mark Birdsall has "always thought that America The Beautiful was a better anthem than the Star Spangled Banner" [the vocal range is definitely more accessible!] ... but that "the verse with 'alabaster cities undimmed by human tears' did not fit the reality at all".

    His suggested replacement:

    O beautiful for blood long shed
    In Freedom's labor pains,
    The sweat and tears
    Of many years
    Must never be in vain;
    America, America,
    Let all hearts beat as one,
    And let there be
    Equality
    From sun to rising sun.

    tech.lgbt/@grinningcat/1127268

    #StarSpangledBanner #NationalAnthem #NationalAnthems #AmericaTheBeautiful #NewLyrics #NewWords