And I am just as free to criticize them for it.  I believe that freedom of speech is a universal human right.  The constitution only prevent  our government from prohibiting the free exercise thereof, but that does not imply that it is morally right for anyone else to do it.  And by forcing them to stand, they might be forcing someone to endorse something they don't believe in, and that is not right.

It seems like compulsory patriotism is a characteristic of totalitarians.  I thought we were above that.  Boy, was I wrong.