Deputy Mattie Houston and Pam Mardis are photographed by James Grant at the casket of Eddie Robinson, former football coach of Grambling State University, at the university's assembly center in Grambling, La., April 11.
I'm not sure why, but there's something slightly odd about treating a celebrated coach lying in state more like a monument. Eddie Robinson's impact in Louisiana was incalculable -- after all, it's not every day someone gets a state funeral -- but the photo op just feels strange.
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This is one of those instances where the respect for the dead was compromised because someone acted without proper thought and concern. Wilma Oxendine
Thank goodness this still seems strange to some people. unfortunately, this is where our country is already headed. Sports figures and 'celebrities' (uck) will be our monuments in the future. They are already given god status.
I like the plane. Its really amasing.
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