Pastor doesn't want his son screaming "Go Demons!"

[lightsout]

Yes, this is actually happening. A high school mascot in GA is being petitioned against. Here are the important parts (link at the bottom).

A Warner Robins pastor is on a crusade against something sacred to many in his middle Georgia town: high school football. The devil is at the center of a fight that seems to start every few years when someone new to Warner Robins realizes that the city's oldest high school, which has one of the most successful football programs in Georgia, rallies around a green-eyed, pitchfork-carrying demon.

The Warner Robins High School Demons.

A pastor at Kingdom Builders Church of Jesus Christ was shocked when he realized his own son could be among the hundreds of students shouting ‘Go Demons!' to cheer on the school's sports teams, but particularly in football, where the Demons have won four state championships over the years.

“It's the equivalent of us gathering into a church on Sunday morning and shouting ‘Go Jesus' or ‘Hallelujah Jesus,'" Donald Crosby, a Warner Robins resident for about a year.

The preacher has tried to move his ninth-grade son to a different school, one with a mascot more to the family's liking. In the meanwhile, he is collecting signatures on a petition to change the symbol.

“Again?” was the reaction from Jenni Russ, class of ’81 and mother of two Demons.

Brian Russ says he researched the mascot's history. He said the Air Force paid to have the high school built and the mascot was chosen to honor the 7th fighter squadron the "Screamin' Demons" which came to Robins Air Force Base for repairs. Warner Robins High School adopted the mascot when it opened in 1946.

http://www.ajc.com/news/preacher-wants-warner-robins-580434.html

Personally, I think this is crazy. But, that's just me.

Discuss.

[The Saltman]

satan worshipping heathens.

[Carolina Husker]

Hey, Donald Crosby.

[Darth Biscuit]

Yeah, he needs to get over himself... it's a mascot dumbass.

[The Saltman]

I remember when we had some people at our highschool wanting to change the blue devil mascot to the "pinching white squirrels" those were the days!!!

[lightsout]

The best part? Jenni Russ being the "mother of 2 Demons". Not just heathens....anti-christ.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

I remember when we had some people at our highschool wanting to change the blue devil mascot to the "pinching white squirrels" those were the days!!!

Several people have petitioned to change my high school's mascot. We were the Parkwood Rebels.

[Carolina Husker]

My dad's high school were the Benson Bunnies.

[lightsout]

At first, I didn't believe you Husker. After doing some research...he was indeed, a Mighty Bunny! That is awesome!