Red Skelton said it best so many years ago. http://www.poofcat.com/july.html
2006-10-15 17:03:47 · 14 answers · asked by dwh320 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
our schools need prayer and if that includes the pledge of allegiance then we should never take it away. look at whats happening in our schools- shootings-teachers sleeping with students-violence etc. etc.- we need to get back to prayers in school, when they took it out our schools went all to hell
2006-10-15 17:14:58 · answer #1 · answered by angeldeebra 3 · 7⤊ 4⤋
It is not a prayer.. it is a "symbol" so to speak about what this country is based on, and the pride we feel in our country. I do not think it should be eliminated from schools.. I don't care if it has the word God in it or not.. I'm not a religious person in anyway shape or form.. and I don't think it has anything to do with religion I also think that if we get rid of our "symbol" of the United States of America.. we forget what our country stands for . What we stand for... Just my opinion
2006-10-16 00:22:26 · answer #2 · answered by katjha2005 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It is not a prayer but a pledge to the flag of your country
2006-10-16 00:14:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's not a prayer. It's a pledge of allegiance to our flag. And if you love what the flag symbolically stands for: our great nation and the men and women who died to preserve it, I see nothing wrong with saying it or for children to say it.
And if someone doesn't love America and continues to live here, I don't understand it. If they're just here for the freebies and hate our flag, then they are parasites.
2006-10-16 01:22:11 · answer #4 · answered by sister_godzilla 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Nah. There's one line "One nation under God", that was added in the 1950s, long after the original was written. Leave that one line out, and it's got nothing to do with religion.
Personally, I'm not in favor of making kids memorize something most of them won't understand. I'll always remember, though, that when I didn't have a US flag in my classroom, the family that loaned me one was from El Salvador.
2006-10-16 00:15:06 · answer #5 · answered by Beckee 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Not a prayer-just a LIE...Liberty and justice for ALL? Pu-leeze...it was written at a time when there was most definitely NOT justice for all in this country. But then again, its kind of accurate since it specifies "to the Republic FOR WHICH IT STANDS" --I am not sure it should be eliminated from schools since it is such a pennant of patriotism, but you shouldn't be forced to "stand respectfully" for the pledge, either...(they did that to me in school-my mom didn't believe in the allegiance and dissallowed me to say it)...I think it should truly be an option, not demanded of students...
2006-10-16 00:12:33 · answer #6 · answered by mybootyisthatbig79 5 · 4⤊ 4⤋
yes and YES. i think it should be removed from all schools because the kids don't even know what they are pledging. they are pledging their life to the flag and the united states instead to their god who in all actuality can save their life. most don't even know what giving of their life really means i could go on for-ever but i think i will stop for right now..... thanks for asking such a good question.
2006-10-16 00:20:46 · answer #7 · answered by malinda 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
It's not a prayer, it was written in the late 19th century.
2006-10-16 00:13:12 · answer #8 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Or how about: "I pledge adherence to the precepts embodied in the Constitution of the United States, . . .", not to a pattern of stars and stripes possessed by an imaginary deity whose longevity is perpetuated directly from the ancient ravings of a madman called Abraham, who suffered hallucinations revolving around a menacing apparition that demanded he kill his kid.
2006-10-16 00:12:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
the kids who want to pray by themselves are not allowed too, that is discrimination. the kids should have the right to pray if they choose to, but the school should never be allowed to force them to pray or not to pray.
2006-10-16 00:14:02 · answer #10 · answered by native 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋