Who thinks pray and saying the pledge of elegance should be brought back to the school system?

Question

If not explain why------- If so Why

Answer 1

i do, because thomas jefferson did not mean that the government should not support religeon. all he meant was that government should not dictate what religeon should rule. he believed in the right to express your belief, and not be ostrasized for it, as they were in england. he meant that you should have a right to your religeous views, and the right to express them. in todays society, this means we must respect other's religeous views. i have no problem with this. i believe all religeons have a right to express their holidays, as we christians do. we are a multicural country, and have been for many years. our different countrymen and women have been here for many decades, and deserve to celebrate their culture's faith as we have done. i don't think any faith should be denied to celebrate their holy days. we need to embrace one another and uphold each other's rights. if atheists don't like it, i guess we have to tolerate that too, and let them put up their views.their way,that way no ones rights are violated

Answer 2

First, it's Pledge of Allegiance, although some may consider it somewhat elegant. Of course it should be brought back. The entire human history is based on religion, of some type. The old worn out atheist/agnostic view, which is usually associated with socialist thinking, has run it's course and should be put to rest. Unfortunately we still have some left overs from the drug heavy 60's and 70's that seem to not be able to let go of the past.

Answer 3

Organized prayer was never part of school system so how can it be brought back? Praying is not banned from public schools, all the law says is that the school can not be the organizer of such or make it a mandatory practice. As far as the pledge of allegiance, while it is not banned or mandated, many schools do it every morning already. What's next? You'll want bible study in public schools? Absolutely not. You want that, send your child to a private religious school.

Answer 4

I have nothing against prayer in schools, as long as it's done on a personal level, know what I mean?

What I mean is, the teacher shouldn't say, "Alright class, now let's all bow our heads and pray to Jesus." However, if the kids want to pray on their own, I think it's stupid to not allow it.

But the pledge of alleigance, well, we said it when I was in school, but I never stood up and recited it. I do not pledge my alleigance to this country, and no one can make me. I think the pledge of alleigance is a form of brainwashing. I also don't stand up for or sing the national anthem.

Answer 5

No. School led prayer (in public schools) is a clear violation of the first Amendment, and is a terrible idea even if it weren't. Do we really want a theocracy? Why not start by finding a single example of theocracy that you would want to live in. The US is (was?) great because of secularism.

The pledge of allegiance is a prayer to the state, even if you remove the 'under god' part. It may be desirable from the perspective of the state to breed good little state worshipping zombies, but it isn't good for the citizens. If we're going to recapture our lost freedoms, we need more rebels, not sheep.

Answer 6

My children say the pledge every morning. And yes they say under God

As far as prayer I do not think that children should be forced to pray in a religion other then then the one being taught in their own home.

There should be time set aside if the child needs to pray but should not be forced.

Answer 7

The public school system should never have prayer time. I have no problems with the religious kids gathering at lunch and praying then, but having a designated time or expecting all the kids to pray is a violation of a constitutional right.

Answer 8

I really don't care, saying under god in the pledge doesn't strike me as prayer at all, I just look at the pledge as a way to honor my country, not some religious experience. Come on people!

Answer 9

Absolutely not - if an education system that includes PRAYER and the pledge of ALLEGIANCE creates ignorant people like you, then a religiously neutral system is clearly the better option.

Answer 10

We said the pledge in school growing up and it never hurt us. I think it should be brought back. But, unfortunatley, my beliefs are not the beliefs of all and I would not want to be forced to pray to a god I did not believe in. So while it saddens me to see it go, its fair.

Answer 11

Absolutely not. I am not a Christian and do not wish my child to be subjected to a religion that I do not endorse. I also oppose the pledge of allegiance as being intrinsically un-American because it's like the loyalty pledges that totalitatian nations used to force their citizens to repeat, and it amounts to brainwashing of children. Let adults take loyalty pledges to the US if they like, but leave helpless children out of it. It turns my stomach to think of it.