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lithera This is really interesting.
I will admit that I didn't say the pledge of allegance in high school due to the "God" in it. I felt that patriotism and religion shouldn't have to be together like that. I also didn't say the "God" part of the Girl Scout pledge when I was one, because I felt that it was saying that I had to believe in God in ways that I didn't in order to be a good person.
Very interesting.
"The court noted that the U.S. Supreme Court has said students cannot hold religious invocations at graduations and cannot be compelled to recite the pledge. But when the pledge is recited in a classroom, a student who objects is confronted with an "unacceptable choice between participating and protesting," the appeals court said.
"Although students cannot be forced to participate in recitation of the pledge, the school district is nonetheless conveying a message of state endorsement of a religious belief when it requires public school teachers to recite, and lead the recitation of, the current form of the pledge," the court said."
I will admit that I didn't say the pledge of allegance in high school due to the "God" in it. I felt that patriotism and religion shouldn't have to be together like that. I also didn't say the "God" part of the Girl Scout pledge when I was one, because I felt that it was saying that I had to believe in God in ways that I didn't in order to be a good person.
Very interesting.
"The court noted that the U.S. Supreme Court has said students cannot hold religious invocations at graduations and cannot be compelled to recite the pledge. But when the pledge is recited in a classroom, a student who objects is confronted with an "unacceptable choice between participating and protesting," the appeals court said.
"Although students cannot be forced to participate in recitation of the pledge, the school district is nonetheless conveying a message of state endorsement of a religious belief when it requires public school teachers to recite, and lead the recitation of, the current form of the pledge," the court said."
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Date: 2002-06-26 12:45 pm (UTC)that's been poking at my brain since I was a kid.
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Date: 2002-06-26 12:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-06-26 01:10 pm (UTC)When I was in high school, I refused to stand and pledge. Mrs. Wegener was always peeved that we didn't at least stand, and some girl, I forget who, insisted that the PoA was not about the flag, but to the country, although I pointed out that the flag and the country were named seperately.
Far as I'm concered, the government shouldn't be able to compel students to recite the pledge regardless of religious content. It's no different from a loyalty oath.
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Date: 2002-06-26 02:45 pm (UTC)