Do you want to be an American?. Then pledge your allegiance.
2006-10-20 07:13:15 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Up your @ss YO. You dont know me so stf up
2006-10-20 07:17:35 · update #1
Great answers, Thank you.
2006-10-20 07:20:18 · update #2
Yes, Kute. San diego ,Ca. Specifically Escondido
2006-10-20 07:24:07 · update #3
The original pledge did not contain the words "under God" that was added later and has become the object of the problem.Our laws dictate a clear separation between church and state.So saying "under God" was deemed to be religious and thus not correct by the laws.Any one can recite it in anyway they wish,its like the moment of silence instead of a moment of prayer.
I love this nation and I still get chills whenever I say the Pledge of Allegiance or sing our National Anthem.It really means something to me.And until you travel and live in other countries you don't realize the freedoms you enjoy in this country.Are we perfect ,of course not but what large nation can be? But we are free and the dream is still here for those that are brave enough and strong enough to get up off your *** and strive for it.This country has given me so much but I have had to work hard for it .That's what makes me proud at the end of the day.I can look around and say this is mine and I earned it.It wasn't handed to me I worked hard.That's why I love this country and my Allegiance will always be to her.
Heres a news story about it
SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) -- A ruling by a U.S. appeals court could force millions of students to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance within days if the controversial decision is not overturned by a higher court, legal experts said Saturday.
Public schools with some 9.6 million students in nine states have until March 10 to stop reciting the pledge after the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals backed its prior ruling that the words "under God" in the pledge are a government endorsement of religion.
The nine states included in 9th Circuit are California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Alaska and Hawaii.
IT WAS IN 1954 WHEN THE UNDER GOD WORDS WERE ADDED...Im sorry for the caps
2006-10-20 08:08:03 · answer #1 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
This nation was not founded according to God, some of the founders had different ideas about God, and even Jefferson was not Christian. There is a separation between Church and State, cause otherwise, you have ISIL.
That being said...The law simply says the Pledge can't be forced. It is not banned.
The same with prayer. Anyone can pray at school, anyone. There is no officially led prayer, but that doesn't prevent prayer.
2014-10-08 00:20:05 · answer #2 · answered by Jeffrey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recently, North Carolina General Assembly passed a law requiring schools to set aside time each day for saying the Pledge of Allegiance. That law was written so that there is no coercion. No one is forced to join in. We'll have to see if the law holds up in court. I hope so because I see nothing wrong in offering anyone the opportunity to pledge allegiance to their country on a daily basis.
2006-10-20 07:37:09 · answer #3 · answered by skip 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It' s True.... Public Schools are sent a paper home for parents to sign if they want their kids to recite The Pledge Of Allegiance....They have to do it in another classroom.
2016-09-20 02:25:41 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some humans feel faith and politics will have to now not combine in any respect, but they're without doubt being combined. Combining faith with politics is as detrimental as ingesting and using. Everyone is loose to suppose what they wish, but when devout organizations exhibit heavy affect to unique political events, they're overstepping their limitations as a organization or institution. Still, as a country, we're loose to feel for ourselves. So, don't combine the industry of jogging the nation with devout association. People are such fans, they may be able to comfortably omit the truly disorders if they just facet with that of the church's platform, This is the idea method of many, and I DON"T AGREE WITH IT,
2016-09-01 00:03:21 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where is this? I looked at katsulov's response and went to the news but couldn't find anything. I live in California, and the last school assembly I attended with my kids still had the pledge. Has something changed?
2006-10-20 10:05:02 · answer #6 · answered by DAR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard about it happening, several times in the past. I think it is stupid to take the pledge out f schools, children need to learn why it is important to be proud of their country instead of learning to hate it. If it is because it says " God " then by all rights it must be changed, for the simple fact atheist, or some religions don't believe in God.
2006-10-20 09:58:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has nothing to do with Mexican kids not wanting to pledge allegiance or non believers.. here are many different religions.. Jehovah's Witness's don't pledge, some people are Buddhist, others Muslim, how would you like their beliefs forced on you? It doesn't make them less than Christians.. just different. We like living in a free country so let people be free without criticizing them.
2006-10-20 08:12:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Are you for real? It isn't banned.
Now, you can't be FORCED to say it, but this is the land of free.
People may not say it in school for a variety of reasons: religious (some xtian religions ban oaths), non-religious (some people don't believe in God), and other (it can seem quite silly to pledge allegiance to a _flag_, not a country).
2006-10-20 07:24:33 · answer #9 · answered by luddite extraordinaire 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I live in the Twin Cities in Minnesota. We still say the pledge of allegiance in school. It is up to your school board.
2006-10-20 07:16:01 · answer #10 · answered by imnogeniusbutt 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋