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Referee Penalizes High School Wrestler for Praying Before Match

Feb. 15, 2013 5:45pm Billy Hallowell

Nicholas Fant regularly drops to one knee and says a prayer before competing in Wake Forest-Rolesville High School wrestling matches. But on Tuesday, after the student took a few moments to pray before heading into the center of the mat, he ended up landing himself in hot water. The referee slapped Fant with a stalling warning for his invocation and, as a result, the wrestler lost a point; he later lost the entire match.

The student, who was competing in the first round of the North Carolina playoffs, wasn’t happy with the referee’s decision to cite him for praying — and neither was the community. His coach, Sam Hershey, said that he planned to investigate the rules to learn more about the call, however he didn’t plan on reporting the incident to the N.C. High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA).

Nicholas Fant Gets Penalized for Praying Before High School Wrestling Match

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But even if Hershey had reported it, the organization likely wouldn’t have been on Fant’s side. NCHSAA Commissioner David Whitfield told Fox News’ Todd Starnes that the referee made the correct call and that the decision to penalize the student had nothing to do with religion.

When students are called to the mat, Whitfield said it’s time to wrestle.

“It had nothing to do with prayer or anything related to a faith-based scenario,” he told Starnes. “It had everything to do with the rules of wrestling.”

Whitfield did say that referees can use their discretion and that the individual overseeing the match was not required to penalize Fant. That said, according to the rules, he had every right to do so.

Starnes also spoke with David Culbreth of the Southeastern Wrestling Officials Association, though, and he disagreed with Whitfield. Culbreth said that he would have allowed Fant to take two seconds to pray.

“I’m not going to call that, but if it turned into a 60-second prayer – he’d probably get a verbal warning – or I might try to say ‘Amen’ for him,” he explained.

What do you think? Should Fant have been given the chance to pray for a few seconds or was the referee correct in his call? Let us know in the comments section.

(H/T: Fox News’ Todd Starnes)

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rwinestock
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:50pm
The ref was completely correct, and foolheartedly wrong.

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- dodgedart1966
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:05pm
  Absolutely. The ref should have said “Kid, you got 5 seconds or I’m calling a penalty”
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:54pm
  Absolutely.
  
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- Dudley Do-Right
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:32pm
  I agree
  
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- txjb
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:56pm
  He should have prayed long before the match . He could have even prayed in his mind while making his way to the ring .
  
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- Obama_In_PeePee_Is_Becks_Art
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 9:22pm
  “Referee Penalizes High School Wrestler for Praying Before Match … What do you think?”
  
  Bravo, young man … and rejoice!
  
  11 “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.”
  12 “Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
  - Matthew 5, Holy Bible
  
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- redneckdiver
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 10:52pm
  Matthew chapter 6:
  
  5 When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.
  6 But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.
  
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:46am
  Thank you, Redneckdiver, just what I was thinking about.
  
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- StonyBurk
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 7:13am
  When I attend a wrestling match and see the wrestlers step on the mat and immediately begin to wrestle then I would be able to agree with this ref. If there is ANY exceptions allowed-be it the ref standing there telling the wrestlers it’s time to start wrestling– or whatever then this wrestler has a right to honor God as his conscience sees fit Unless the wrestler forced others to acknowledge God as he does–Unless he commanded everybody to recite the Lords Prayer or Psalm 119 –Unless he ranted Alahhu Akbar-or performed a voodoo ritual with a choked chicken before every match for all to see– let him be.
  
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- KyleD
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:44pm
  You don’t have to make a big scene out of praying. That puts you in the same league as the pharisees.
  
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- Soulfire1975
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 6:23pm
  Matthew chapter 6:
  
  5 When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.
  6 But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.
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  What God was talking about is that if you pray in public don’t do it just so others can see you to prove a point that you are more Christian then others. Do it out of love for Jesus and don’t be a hypocrite about it.
  
  Pray all the time, when you need to and when you don’t need too. Jesus loves to talk to us.
  
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- Obama_In_PeePee_Is_Becks_Art
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 5:42pm
  “Nicholas Fant regularly drops to one knee and says a prayer before competing in Wake Forest-Rolesville High School wrestling matches.”
  
  Bravo, Nicholas Fant! Be a light in this darkened country that once proudly called itself “one nation under God”!
  
  15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
  16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
  - Matthew 5, Holy Bible
  
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- vendingdude
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 11:25pm
  so how long was it, “a few moments” or two seconds or sixty seconds? makes a big difference…..
  
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GuruMeditation
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:47pm
Strange. I had no problem praying while I wrestled.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:09pm
  Was it because your shoulder blades were on the mat?
  
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- theotherberean
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 10:34pm
  There are no atheists in foxholes.
  
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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 10:28am
  @The_Jerk: Very doubtful… Hahahaha! State finalist here and not a single back point was scored on me in my last year.
  
  Hahahaha. Such a moron you are.
  
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TheRemedy
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:39pm
This is absolutely NOT a restriction of religion.

Attend one of these matches and see. When it is time to go to the mat, you show up. If you are delayed, you are called for stalling. This is how it is.

He probably waited 30 minutes before his turn at the mat. He could have prayed during that time.

Get over it, and show up on time next time.

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:51pm
  When i’m waiting to board my flight, i have hours to pray.
  But i always say a little prayer right before the wheels leave the ground.
  
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- flatlandbroncofan
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:52pm
  When you say “absolutely”you are wrong most of the time. Stalling is a penalty after the match starts not before the wrestlers begin the match. The official could have handled it much better.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:10pm
  Discretion of the ref.
  
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- Dudley Do-Right
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:34pm
  Yep…he should have said his prayer well before the match started
  
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- Hank919
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 6:43am
  Sue their asses…1st amendment trumps a pompus a$$h–e ref.
  
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- cgnick
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 4:29pm
  HANK919
  You are exactly what’s wrong with this country. People like you are looking to make a buck off of any situation. Whether the ref was right of wrong, bringing this situation to the light of the public for all to see, discuss and learn from is the best use of the first amendment in this case. Not adding burden to the court system because someone’s feelings were hurt.
  
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antitheism
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:23pm
The logic that if a supposed interfering god existed, that he would help you with your wrestling match over starving children in sub-Saharan Africa or innocent North Korean prisoners currently being tortured is beyond comprehension.
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- HOOT_OWL
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:39pm
  Maybe if the Coach said a prayer with the team before the Match .
  
  ‘Like they use to’, this wouldn’t have been a issue.
  
  Kids sometimes do get hurt even killed when playing contact sports ,Einstein .
  
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- fmbmitgt
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:44pm
  It’s okay that you don’t understand. God loves you just as much as he does me. I do believe that the ref would not have had the courage to do it if the wrestler had been a Muslim.
  
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- antitheism
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:50pm
  Maybe it wouldn’t be an issue if the kid didn’t pray at all. I just can’t understand the logic of a sky fairy protecting you in something as trivial as a wrestling match when he could instead protect those who risk their lives doing far more important things.
  
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- rwinestock
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:51pm
  Should you be allowed to legislate what you cannot understand?
  
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- antitheism
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:05pm
  @rwinestock
  
  Considering social cons constant legislative attempts to thwart science education, it’s only fair.
  
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- ibanrfknm
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:09pm
  ANTITHEISM
  Your argument is false and a non sequitur. You’re assuming he prayed to win rather then something a little nobler like praying for all to be safe and unhurt. Also your argument of choice limits God, but he can be in more than one place at a time and do more than one thing at a time.
  
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- antitheism
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:18pm
  How can it be noble to pray for your safety when you are putting yourself in danger in something completely trivial? I would understand if he were hunting and that was his only way of acquiring food. As for god being in multiple places, it may be able to, but as the way things transpire, it seems it chooses to ignore certain, more urgent problems. So is god an omnipotent idiot?
  
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- rickg62
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:24pm
  As is evident in reading your comments, your comprehension of a person’s beliefs and your overall intelligence is remarkably low. As is usually the case in one of your flock, moral relativism is your fall-back position when you are clueless. You always think that people believe that God is somehow their own personal God and everybody is selfishly praying for themselves. As is also typical, religious people have toleration for people like you and believe that you have the right to believe as you wish. You, and those like you, always show the intolerance of those that can’t abide a belief contrary to yours. It always manifests itself in sarcasm and ridicule to the point of a subconscious fear that the other side might be right so I best put them down and try to destroy them so that there is no contradiction to your views that might undermine your position.
  
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- Melika
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 9:30pm
  You have a child’s understanding of God, and I’m saying this as a fellow heathen in atheism. Prayer in all forms is a very powerful & normal part of human behavior, there are very definite changes in brain chemistry during prayer, & I don’t care what a person is praying towards or if they are simply calling it meditation. Your arguments are geared towards denying someone the simple act of organizing one’s brain. Most religious people are not advocating the removal of scientific teachings – those people are in the distinct minority as are militant atheists like yourself.
  
  Children pray for things & definite outcomes, adults often (but not always, it depends on their maturity) pray for the guidance to change things they can. In other words, adults will pray that themselves or others will be guided to doing the just & right things (like a doctor making the right decisions in life & death care, or praying that an overlord will become benign). God does not intercede directly in the affairs of humans (make someone do something) – he can’t do that, otherwise there would be no free will (Original Sin), which is precisely why there is evil. To most people, this doesn’t make God evil, as most adults prefer their freedoms. Only someone who is willfully ignorant of the Bible’s teachings believes this because they base their knowledge on snippets they barely understand.
  
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- holy ghostbuster
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 9:31pm
  Right! If there was a god, don’t you think he would have bigger things to worry about than some snot nosed kid’s wrestling match. Ha!
  
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- jman-6
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 10:24pm
  HolyGB- No actually GOD delights to hear HIS children call upon HIM, contrary to what you insinuated the wrestler more than likely prayed for the safety of the participants and all others involved there! However I have a question for you and that is this: for you to say there is no GOD your putting yourself above everything in the universe and are above GOD! When you state this you must be willing to accept the consequences.
  
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- glckgrl
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 10:46pm
  Friend, I had a tough time understanding what you wrote, but the end of your message revealed an important truth: faith is beyond comprehension! Yes, you cannot think your way to faith–logic and science are wonderful, but sometimes things happen that defy science, and that is where faith comes in. It’s a meritless gift, faith, and both a comfort and a blessing.
  
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:50am
  @ Rickg62: “As is evident in reading your comments, your comprehension of a person’s beliefs and your overall intelligence is remarkably low.”
  Rick, be very careful about assuming that an atheist’s statements are what they atucally believe. Very often, they comprehend much more than their words will let on. They may be quite intelligent, but lack intellectual honesty.
  
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- TopFlightSecurity
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:59am
  Melika
  
  Wow! You have a better understanding of the nature of God than most Christians I know. Kudos to you! I am glad at least someone is still willing to research things they don’t believe. God bless you for that.
  
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- USAMama
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 4:49am
  Melika, very very well stated. Just one minor correction, it’s not that God CAN’T directly intercede in the affairs of humans, He absolutely can and many times does. But everything else you said is spot on, just a technicality.
  
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- radinsocal
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 5:18am
  Yer an idiot.
  
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- Rob in Katy
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 5:31am
  Lord, allow us to do well and let no one be injured – Amen.
  
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- USAMama
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 5:57am
  Jesus said “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” (Revelation 3:20 NKJV)
  
  God has given us the ultimate free will, we decide what to do with it. He is not a bully who will force His way into your life and boss you around. The reason so many atheists don’t see the evidence of Jesus in their lives is simply because they never invited Him. It’s like having a banquet and never sending out the invitations, then when the guests don’t show up saying “Well they must not exist.” If you truly, sincerely want to know if God is real all you have to do is ask Him. Do it in private, nobody ever has to know unless you tell them. Say “God, I don’t know if you’re real, but I’d like to. If you’re there show yourself to me that I might know you.” If He isn’t real you’ve got nothing to lose. If He is real, He will begin to “knock” on your door. It may be that He puts people in your path who will tell you about Him in a new way. Maybe it will be a song or preacher on the radio as you’re flipping thru stations. Maybe that Church you drive past on your way to work every day will suddenly get your attention. These are all ways in which He “knocks”. Then when you hear Him, and feel Him knocking, all that’s left to do is open the door and say “C’mon in” and He will. And them you will see Him move and know He’s there. There will no longer be any doubt. But He won’t come un
  
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- USAMama
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 6:02am
  But He won’t come in until He’s invited. (Sorry, I got cut off.)
  
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- Call2Action
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 4:31pm
  Anti, it is your foolishness that is beyond comprehension. You think of God as a sky fairy, and so deny His existence based on some false premise that exists only in your mind.
  
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- ladydoctor
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 6:41pm
  As a physician, MD trained in the USA with degrees in biology, chemistry and physics, I have seen many miracles by the God that you make fun of. I have prayed for a patient to have an angel visitation and the patient, who was a school teacher and had no idea of my prayer, actually claimed to see an angel before his surgery. I have heard God tell me to give my Father-in-law a dog and when I told God that He would have to show me where to get this dog. Although I had been in practice over 10 years no one had ever offered me a dog, but a few days later a patient offered me a puppy for free.. a Yorkshire Terrier with papers AKC registered. I have seen a patient that was told by 3 specialists he would be dead in days.. complete renal failure, mental status changes, COPD, Diabetic complications, organ failure, cardiac blockages >95% and nothing all the specialists and I could do helped. He wanted to just go home and die and not in a hospital. So we took him off all his meds, except his insulin and sent him home with Hospice to die with his family. We prayed for him of course.Two weeks later, he was in my office. Alive, normal renal functions, sugars under control with insulin, wheezing gone, no chest pain…That was not a medical thing. That was a MIRACLE, by a very real God. There isn’t enough characters or I could write you a book on what I have seen and experienced. You have not seen, because you are not HIS and you are not connected: therefore you make wrong assumptions.
  
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- theotherberean
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 10:25pm
  CHUCKYBABY intellectually dishonest people should be the last to lecture others on intellectual dishonesty. Teacher, teach thyself.
  
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- theotherberean
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 10:28pm
  @HOLY. You mean, something like you?
  
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- theotherberean
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 10:31pm
  HOOT Excellent point. In the 50′s Paul Harvey opined that if we took prayer out of the schools, (which we did in the 60′s) just wait a couple generations and see what society looks like…
  
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- theotherberean
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 10:34pm
  USA I like the “banquet” analogy. Thanks.
  
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- Sparky101
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 1:17pm
  Anti, my prayer was always that I not hurt my opponent too badly, physically or mentally. You say “The logic that if a supposed interfering god existed, that he would help you with your wrestling match over starving children in sub-Saharan Africa or innocent North Korean prisoners currently being tortured is beyond comprehension.” Of course you realize that while God is listening to the prayers of a young wrestler, he is at the same time involved with starving children and prisoners. Besides being a comfort to them, he is also encouraging his followers to go help, send food and teach the people how to be self-sustainable. So tell us, what exactly have you done to help starving children or prisoners? My guess is that you’ve done absolutely nothing for them.
  
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Eastinfection
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:22pm
I fully support this kid’s right to pray wherever, and whenever he chooses.

That being said.. wrestling is gay.
I’m wearing a Unitard and my job is to hug my opponent until he can no longer tolerate my “affection”?

Meanwhile… i’m going to crash-diet like crazy to “meet my weight”? What are you?- a freiken bridesmaid?

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- Witness1974
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:30pm
  You crack me up.
  
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- M13
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:55pm
  Rolling around on the floor with other men in tights is not my idea of fun either.
  
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- DLV
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:57pm
  East- you use the word gay but then you burn me for being against gay marriage???
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:12pm
  DLV…
  
  I have no problem using the word “gay”.
  Gays are weird. I don’t understand them at all. I also don’t understand why people would voluntarily eat onions.
  But i support everyone’s right to do both.
  
  PS: I’m against all government sanctioned marriage. You want to get married? Join a church.
  
  But the government must provide the same tax deductions & death-bed visitation rights to the weirdos, as well as they do the “normal” people.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:10pm
  Are you also opposed to the marriage of two onions?
  
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- radinsocal
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 5:31am
  I have a problem with your assumption. I would love to twist someone up itno a pretzel and make them submit to the pain control I am placing them into. You sound like an idiot. So Praise GOD and let the lesser man Comply.
  
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ltdan
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:19pm
If he were a mulism, it wouldn’t have happened, and if it did it would a story about islamaphobia.

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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:24pm
  An example of Christaphobia.
  
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- fastgen1
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:35pm
  oh so true
  
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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:18pm
God has His own rules. Be prepared as there is a time when we all die.

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Charles Curtis
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:15pm
“Your Fired”
“Your Served”
That is all Referee should hear

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Magyar
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:15pm
So…. it had NOTHING to do with religion…. Do they really think we’re that stupid. Boy, when Judgement Day finally comes, these foolish people will have to account for their behavior…. and they won’t have a suitable defense…..

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Larry E
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:14pm
If a person wants to pray they should be able to pray, BUT delaying the proceedings so that he can pray isn’t necessary. He should know when he’s going to be up, and can pray right before he’s up. As an example there’s a Mexican player in the British Premier (football/soccer) League who always takes his knees and prays before matches he starts in, but BEFORE the match is ready to proceed. He’s not delaying anything.

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chips1
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:14pm
Everything a person does is a prayer. Now it’s time to wrestle. He must have known that he was going to have a match at least a week before. Plenty of time. Seems like he made everyone else wait for him. Me Me Me.

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- rwinestock
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:57pm
  If it was a big ordeal and took more than 2-3 sec. — yep, all about him. If not, it is about controlling what you hate. Nothing less. No one here stupid to that concept.
  
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Saff SGT
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:13pm
hey no big deal payback is around the corner with the war that is coming be patient and remember names and places, no biggy large rewards await those who are patient

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Simonne
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:11pm
Can’t even say a short prayer before a match. What’s next?

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jmeister8
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:09pm
When the ref finds his feet firmly stuck in a red molten lake of hell and the searing pain shoots through his entire being for all eternity, do you think he will find his way to pray and cry out to God then. No need to worry though because he will be to late and he will recieve the recompense for his God hating and christian hating actions, along with all the other God hating, Christian hating, America destroying progressives. Again don’t worry, they don’t believe in God so they will never accept the only thing that can save them from an eternity of searing unimaginable pain and agony. Remember whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap. They won’t see it comming till its too late. I am so glad that the Lord says that I will see with my eye the judgement of the wicked. I’m gonna have front row seats baby.

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- roscoe569
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 4:04pm
  Wow….your idea of God is just creepy
  
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jdog777
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:08pm
As a former wrestler and someone who prays to God often… I can understand the reliance on Faith of this young man. BUT…. there is a time an place for praying. He could have prayed well before the match. He didn’t need to pray at the time of the match. Surprisingly… I support the Ref.

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- Saff SGT
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:15pm
  sure yah do lefty we know
  
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- RabidPatriot
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:40pm
  I’m no lefty. I wrestled for seven years and there is plenty of time to do your prayers or secular rituals without interfering with the match. People would find all kinds of reasons and excuses to try and stall and catch their breath. Conditioning has a lot to do with wrestling and referees give out stalling penalties all of the time. I have seen stalling penalties given out for offenses much less than this. It is a refs job to move the match along without any lulls in the action. If this was important to God, this kid would have won the match.
  
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Micmac
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:07pm
Like locus, they are everywhere.

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demsrtraitors
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:06pm
The attack on Christians, White Males and Conservatism will only get worse. Especially when those who are attacked will not fight back or respond. Have no doubt.

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whathappenedtomycountry
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:06pm
More of the same from this society today. It is sad but expected, the Bible states that there will a day when right is wrong and our society will be unrecognizable. Just keep praying.

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RaydocX
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:04pm
There you have it… a citizen of this country being prevented from praying…

well, that’s not really possible, but applying a penalty for what was not a school sponsored act violates the student’s first amendment right… the referee’s bias and inability to be neutral regarding religion should exclude him from any future school sporting events.

but you won’t hear this anywhere in the MSM… there isn’t an attack on religion, or hadn’t you heard…

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- roscoe569
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 4:07pm
  You’re nuts
  
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Thighmaster
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:02pm
On the back of our paper money it says “In God We Trust” so is money not allowed in schools. It should be a zero tolerance.

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shorelineliz
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:01pm
Somebody should “penal” “ize” this ref!

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Jenny Lind
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 5:54pm
Something about restricting the free expression of religion, maybe in the ,ummmm what’s it called? Oh yeah, the Bill of Rights. If he only took two seconds, the ref is very anti-religion, and isn’t that strange?

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SonOfThunder
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 5:52pm
Ref is probably an atheist and believes in evolution. Pray for that guy.

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Benjack
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 5:51pm
It may be time fro dramtic change in America. It could start by hanging Whitfield and the ref. This type of respsonse could send a clear National message that thier behavior will no longer be tolerated.
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- Magyar
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:17pm
  I sense at some point what you suggest will come to pass… and still they won’t understand WHY!
  
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woodyee
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 5:50pm
“It had nothing to do with prayer or anything related to a faith-based scenario,” he told Starnes. “It had everything to do with the rules of wrestling.”

Oh, goodie – we’ll never see a Muslim wrestler…right?

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- EVANROOD
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:05pm
  Not unless the wrestler can face Mecca while on his hands and knees!
  
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