September 14, 2005
Freaking Atheists Never Give Up, Do They?
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton has ruled the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools
to be unconstitutional. Of course, here we go again back up the 9th "Circus" Court where that decision will no doubt be affirmed and it will head to the Supreme Court.
I am so sick and tired of these "secularist" groups going on and on about their little feelings being hurt because the have to endure being a tiny minority who is actually bothered by something like this. What bullshit. Here's a reality check, guys: You are not guaranteed the right to "not be offended" or "not be made to feel uncomfortable" by the U.S. Constitution.
They just don't get it. Even if they "technically" win on this issue, they're not going to get the majority of the population of this country to stop saying "under God" when they say the Pledge. Hell, most people will say those two words hoping that they're pissing off some atheists in the room.
You may succeed in changing the law, guys. But you'll never change the culture. You're swimming upstream on this one.
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You nailed it. The overwhelming MAJORITY of Americans aren't going to let this one go. And even if the Left manages to get it overturned legally, the rest of America won't drink the Kool-Aid. It's gonna be interesting to see what this does to them in 2008.
Posted by: reverse_vampyr at September 14, 2005 06:55 PM (Ns5kk)
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But it isn't only secularist who are against the pledge in its current form. Different religious groups have difference stances on reciiting the pledge, because of its form, some because they will not make a pledge at all, as taking a vow, any vow, should only be done with the greatest of solemnity, or, in some cases, the belief is not at all.
I do think there are ways to do this without offense and without children becoming bullies over it, but few people are actually willing to compromise, either by having the pledge said during a time when people can have a real choice (recess, one can take three minutes to say the pledge or continue to play on the monkey bars) or by making certain every child knows the choice to say the pledge or remain sitting quietly, says nothing about loyalty and respect for the country.
Posted by: Rachel Ann at September 15, 2005 12:52 AM (owC2e)
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