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The Daily PollPoll: Should contentious songs be banned from sporting events?
Should sport have politics? Should people be offended?
TODAY, A REBEL song looks set to make it into the UK Top 40.
It is not, however, allowed be sung by Glasgow Celtic fans, who organised for the song to be recorded as a protest to a Scottish law that bans its singing.
Roll of Honour, which lionises the Maze Hunger Strikers, was recorded by a group called The Irish Brigade and peaked at 24 in the mid-week charts.
The band says it is not a sectarian song, they say it is “an historic, social commentary about one stage in a long freedom struggle that is still continuing but that now uses democratic paths”.
But, even if it was sectarian, should it not be sung at sporting events? Or should sport be free of politics?
We’re asking: Should contentious songs be banned from sporting events?
Poll Results:
I don't know (1289)
No (1236)
Yes (298)
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