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10. There is that.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #9)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 02:02 PM

Jun 2012

Her fourth grade teacher had a son in Iraq and made an issue of it briefly but she understood and backed off.

What's interesting about this case is the court ruled it is not a prayer. So, that leaves the question, what of schools or school children, or communities that want to have an overtly patriotic recitation at the beginning of school? Should it be forbidden?

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Humanists Will Appeal "under God" Ruling [View all] rug Jun 2012 OP

Silly waste of time, imo, elleng Jun 2012 #1

Yeah, there's a tight Senatorial race in Massachusetts. rug Jun 2012 #2

Best not to piss off the Christian bigots. trotsky Jun 2012 #3

Gotta be practical, whether we like it or not. elleng Jun 2012 #4

Guess what all new incursions into church-state melding say? trotsky Jun 2012 #5

Those 'incursions' are mistaken, wrong factually, elleng Jun 2012 #15

Yet that's what they use. trotsky Jun 2012 #16

Shouldn't do what's right for fear of ill will? Ninjaneer Jun 2012 #18

I disagree with the court and think it should be removed. cbayer Jun 2012 #6

The gist of it is that the recitation is voluntary, it is not a prayer rug Jun 2012 #8

Voluntary with a grade school child, with all the attendant peer pressure, cbayer Jun 2012 #9

There is that. rug Jun 2012 #10

Not forbidden, imo, but should be voluntary to the extent possible. cbayer Jun 2012 #11

I agree entirely with your position in this thread longship Jun 2012 #13

I stopped saying the pledge in the late sixties or early seventies struggle4progress Jun 2012 #7

Yah, I just stick "indivisible" back in. daaron Jun 2012 #17

I grew up reciting the pledge in school OriginalGeek Jun 2012 #12

Jesus...they should just stop reciting that creepy ass pledge altogether. Evoman Jun 2012 #14