the practice of posing on bended knee as if deep in prayer, which spread across the Internet with amazing speed after [Tebow] was photographed in such a pose during a comeback win at Miami.Tebow's reaction to the craze: "Someone told me the greatest form of flattery is impersonating somebody." A Tebowing website is filled with photos of the practice.
The latest question arises, however because the Military Times last week published a photo of a dozen marines in formation in uniform on the football field performing "their version of 'Tebowing' before the Broncos-Jets game on Nov. 17." It is not clear from the photo why they are there. The Military Times also explains Tebowing: "The trend pokes fun at Tebow's penchant for dropping to a knee in prayer, with his elbow on his knee and his fist under his bowed head." So the question is how to regard this display of Marines in uniform. There is potentially a church-state issue if the Marines are there in some official capacity-- endorsing or, on the other hand, mocking, Tebow's religious beliefs. Or maybe it is just silliness to which we should apply the legal maxim "de minimis non curat lex"-- the law does not concern itself with trifles. God and Country blog yesterday also commented on the photo of the Marines.
