Everyday in one of my classes we have the announcements and every day only a few people say the pledges. Why do some students not say the pledge? (and no they are not all Jehovahs Witness only one of them is!)
2006-09-13 10:38:40 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Probably because they do it every day and it gets boring
Or because they want to act cool and do whatever their friends are doing. Either way it's really disrespectful. They should be proud to be Americans!! GOD BLESS THE USA!!
2006-09-13 10:40:16 · answer #1 · answered by Lori 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It's their right as American citizens not to. It's one of the many great things about this country. :)
It's been a long time since I was in high school, but when I was, I never said the pledge of allegiance. It's not because I'm not patriotic or don't love being American, it's because I felt weird--almost like I was worshipping or paying homage to the flag, and that's not right. There's much more to this country than a flag.
2006-09-14 08:30:35 · answer #2 · answered by brevejunkie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People don't say the pledge because of a few reasons...
1. They're too lazy to stand up.
2. They don't like America and they don't think they should pledge to its symbol.
3. Some think it's hogwash.
2006-09-13 10:41:00 · answer #3 · answered by ryan78230 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it was deemed as against some people's rights. They do not allow prayer in schools either unless you go to a church funded/based school. It's very sad. Here's some information and I am giving you a link as well that I copied this from...
No Pledge of Allegiance in school, Calif. court says
The ruling, which experts say won't stand, calls the words "under God" a violation of church-state separation. It has no effect in Florida.
By MIKE BRASSFIELD
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In a ruling denounced across the country, a federal appeals court Wednesday declared that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional because the pledge contains the words "under God."
The decision, if allowed to stand, means schoolchildren can no longer recite the pledge, at least in the nine Western states covered by the San Francisco-based appeals court.
The court's ruling outraged Congress, the president, and countless public officials, ministers and veterans groups.
"It's a terrible thing," said Jack Fiedler, commander of American Legion Post 14 in St. Petersburg. "What harm can the pledge do? "Under God' is not specific. It could be anybody's god."
Constitutional scholars doubt the ruling will withstand a legal challenge, either in the U.S. Supreme Court or at the federal appellate level. They do not expect a nationwide ban of the Pledge of Allegiance.
In a 2-1 decision, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the reference to God, which was added to the pledge by Congress in 1954, amounts to a government endorsement of monotheism, violating the separation of church and state.
2006-09-13 10:43:38 · answer #4 · answered by thedothanbelle 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Usually it's for religious reasons. For me, I would pledge allegiance to God, divine love, and fellowship among everyone on earth. Pledging to the flag is like saying I'm better than people who aren't Americans, and I don't think God puts Americans over anyone else. We're all equal in the eyes of God.
That's just my take. If I had a school-aged child, I wouldn't want them pledging allegiance to the flag either.
2006-09-13 11:12:36 · answer #5 · answered by locolady98 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Most likely laziness. Although, I've never seen anybody not say it. Of course, saying some pledge every day in school doesn't automatically make you a patriot, either...
2006-09-13 10:50:07 · answer #6 · answered by Thalias 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Around the globe, Jehovah's Witnesses respect the governments and flags under which they live. However, Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the flag salute is an act of worship, and a "pledge of allegiance" can only made to God. Witnesses practice strict neutrality.
Jehovah's Witnesses understand the bible to teach that Almighty God requires exclusive devotion; that is, he requires that worship and unrestricted allegiance belong to Him alone.
(Exodus 20:5) I Jehovah your God am a God exacting exclusive devotion
(Matthew 4:10) Then Jesus said... ‘It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.’
Of course, Jehovah's Witnesses are well-known as law-abiding persons. The Scriptures also teach that obedience is owed to secular governments, which the bible calls "the superior authorities". Of course, such subjection is RELATIVE to the unrestricted allegiance which is owed to God.
(Romans 13:1) Let every soul be in subjection to the superior authorities, for there is no authority except by God; the existing authorities stand placed in their relative positions by God
(Acts 5:29) We must obey God as ruler rather than men
It may be helpful for non-Witnesses to read all of Daniel chapter 3, and note the connections between the ceremony described there and modern pledge of allegiance.
http://www.watchtower.org/bible/da/chapter_003.htm
Learn more:
http://www.jw-media.org/edu_videos/vcfi_e.htm
http://www.jw-media.org/edu_videos/vcut_e.htm
http://www.jw-media.org/vnr/5263723221/22812301.htm
2006-09-14 05:15:14 · answer #7 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its thier choice of belief .
high school and under "kids will be kids" also its not disrecpeting anyone.
Does anyone say the pledge everyday when they wake up when you are no longer in school?
no, i didn't say it beacuse everybody made a big deal about 9/11 and the pledge when i was in school; not saying the pledge was like we are not a American and are poor troops etc.etc. but that is only me; if it bothers you so much ask them yourself.
2006-09-13 10:58:20 · answer #8 · answered by on roller coaster called LIFE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"One nation, under God...." Who protests The Pledge of Allegiance? People are SO hypersensitive about everything these days, its getting old and where will it stop? The term 'God" is a fairly broad term and could mean ANY God from ANY faith... Who your God is has nothing to do with your commitment to being an American. Our nation was founded on Freedom of Religion and some whiny people found a lawyer and forgot that principle.
2006-09-13 11:08:05 · answer #9 · answered by Porterhouse 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When they took religion out of the public schools they stopped doing the pledge each morning. Quote (One nation under God} Some parents took offense to this!!!!!!! And so it ended.!!!!
2006-09-13 10:49:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some object to pledging to the nation rather than humanity as a whole.
2006-09-13 11:44:23 · answer #11 · answered by finaldx 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋