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What does the US "Pledge of Allegiance" mean to you?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jacob4Jesus" data-source="post: 1341585" data-attributes="member: 13419"><p>Generally, I am supportive of complete seperation of church and state, but the whole arguement over the pledge seems kinda pointless to me. Supreme Court Decisions have already stated that you don't have to recite the pledge if you don't want to. Atheists then say that they should not have to listen to it because it states 'under God" in it. I personally think that's a little silly, because it's not necessarily hurting anyone. I agree that it shouldn't be in there, but it's being blown out of proportion.</p><p> </p><p>Things are never going to be 100% pleasing to anyone. Christians who believe in creation could argue that it's unfair that they have to learn about evolution in school. They have to hear it, but doesn't mean they have to believe it. I agree with people fighting to not have to say certain ideas, but when people start complaining about not having to hear things, that's a bit absurd.</p><p> </p><p>As far as my feelings about the pledge, the fact that I said it every morning for so many years, it actually lost any meaning to me. It was done for redundancy sake, not for anything else. It wasn't until I was much older than I even started to think about it. I love this country and always will, and I would never betray it. I don't need some redundant pledge written by someone else to confirm that though. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jacob4Jesus, post: 1341585, member: 13419"] Generally, I am supportive of complete seperation of church and state, but the whole arguement over the pledge seems kinda pointless to me. Supreme Court Decisions have already stated that you don't have to recite the pledge if you don't want to. Atheists then say that they should not have to listen to it because it states 'under God" in it. I personally think that's a little silly, because it's not necessarily hurting anyone. I agree that it shouldn't be in there, but it's being blown out of proportion. Things are never going to be 100% pleasing to anyone. Christians who believe in creation could argue that it's unfair that they have to learn about evolution in school. They have to hear it, but doesn't mean they have to believe it. I agree with people fighting to not have to say certain ideas, but when people start complaining about not having to hear things, that's a bit absurd. As far as my feelings about the pledge, the fact that I said it every morning for so many years, it actually lost any meaning to me. It was done for redundancy sake, not for anything else. It wasn't until I was much older than I even started to think about it. I love this country and always will, and I would never betray it. I don't need some redundant pledge written by someone else to confirm that though. :) [/QUOTE]
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