After the tragic terrorist attack in Paris that took the lives of 132 people, more than 70 million people from more than 200 countries took to Instagram to share their prayers for Paris, with #prayforparis as the No. 1 trending hashtag for most of the weekend. The great thing is, it’s a normative response to any and all tragedies. But when prayer is done publicly apart from times of national sorrow and distress, all of a sudden it’s problematic.

New Orleans Saints tight end Benjamin Watson took to social media to point out the hypocrisy in this.

Read the article “NFL Player: It’s Okay to Pray for Paris, But We Suspend a Coach for Praying After a Game?” on townhall.com.