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Re: Flag Burning
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 19 Jul 2001 16:14:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Duane Hess writes:
> I remember saying the pledge of allegiance up until about the fifth grade.
> After that, I remember only reciting it rarely. It could have been the
> switch in schools, or a regional thing. I'm not sure.
As I understand it, that is a fairly typical experience.
> If I am remembering correctly, the ACLU was trying to have it removed from
> schools because it mentions God.
I think that some people want it gone for that reason, but I think that's kind
of dumb and petty. The real reason to be done with it is that requiring any
kind of pledge of affiliation of children is antithetical to a free society.
if our nation and our way of life can not stand against the next generation's
free thought and inquiry then things ought to change. We should never require
or even encourage such oaths. That way is stagnation.
Chris
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 | | Pledge (was Re: Flag Burning)
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| (...) I wouldn't call a religious based argument dumb and petty (even if it is being asked for on nonreligious grounds, i.e. separation of church and state, or "what about the atheists?"), it might get a whole new thread going ;-) Oops, too late. (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I remember saying the pledge of allegiance up until about the fifth grade. After that, I remember only reciting it rarely. It could have been the switch in schools, or a regional thing. I'm not sure. If I am remembering correctly, the ACLU was (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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