President George W. Bush is to remove The Pledge of Allegiance from public schools: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/06/27/MN67763.DTL - I'll post the protest on my Yahoo 360. Do you pray in school? I do.
2006-07-09 15:30:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
This is a new deal. It's not that old one.
2006-07-09 15:36:19 · update #1
Okay, sorry it wasn't a recent story, but it's happening... It's hard to tell y'all.
2006-07-09 15:41:57 · update #2
That is another one of the ridicoulous ways the liberals are destroying our country. If anyone doesn't want to pledge allegiance to the United States , they can go live in another country that will force them to pledge allegience to their goverment or be imprissioned or killed.
2006-07-09 15:35:11 · answer #1 · answered by reallyfedup 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋
"I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty, equality and justice for all"
That is how it was written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister. I like it better that way. Here's why:
The key phrase here is "my flag." It's simple, personal, and elegant. In the original version, the flag does not belong to the nation; it belongs to each of us.
"My" is more intimate, more immediately meaningful and more likely to remind us that each of us has some ownership of our national ideals.
Now, look at that pledge again. What has been added, and what has been removed?
Does it seem strange to anyone else that "equality" was removed and "under God" added? I guess you can't have it both ways...
That being said, I am a Christian. I am also a believer in the word of the Constitution. Forcing non-believers to recite the words "one nation under God" amounts to government endorsement of religion, which is prohibited, just as forcing Christians to say "one nation under Allah" would be.
2006-07-10 08:05:53 · answer #2 · answered by john_stolworthy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
And to the Republic for whitch it stands
One nation, Under God,
Indivisible
With liberty and justice for all
Did i get it right?
2006-07-09 23:34:33 · answer #3 · answered by reddawg7075 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Its not There Is nothing wrong with pledging your alliegince to the country you belong to. Not to do it because of the words "under God" because of thoose that don't believe in God is just plain stupid. If you don't believe in God why let if bother you. it would be like saying "one nation under Santa" or under the Easter Bunny. Things I don't believe in and would have to almost laugh at if that were part of the pledge.
2006-07-09 22:43:09 · answer #4 · answered by trecker_1701 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That article is 4 years old. That man who keeps appealing has lost now, but will appeal again. I pray he never wins. But they took prayer out of schools because of another atheist years ago. Then she became missing. Madeline Murray O'Hara. One person can change years of goodness.
2006-07-09 22:40:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This not exactly a recent story. Check out my blog for further info for another case that was recently tossed out of court.
2006-07-09 22:39:25 · answer #6 · answered by Carl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I graduated almost 10 years ago, but it makes me want to stand in front of the flag at my old high school and say it over and over and over again.
2006-07-09 22:35:33 · answer #7 · answered by lightningviper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only People in the USA who need to Pleage alligance is the government officals and they do.
2006-07-09 22:49:27 · answer #8 · answered by mick d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
let me see this was from a 2002 court ruling in Californa that was not upheld.
not a valid news article any longer.
2006-07-09 22:34:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well that's stupid.
2006-07-09 23:15:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋