think people should *have* to say it. And let's be real, it's the rare
middle school child that will refuse no matter what they think of it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 17:04:24 -0400
Subject: Re: Religious oppression in action
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I'm in the crowd that wants the Pledge of Allegiance in School as it is,
> not because I'm religious, but because it never really bothered anybody
> in the first place, except for money hungry lawyers. You can just
> tolerate it, you can fight against it, or you can be really anal about
> it. Some people get the last one mixed up with the second one. You're
> right it's a grey zone you gotta look at it individually. There are
> some relgious laws I'm against, and some I'm for, and some i dont care
> about.
I'm in the crowd that wants it changed, because it bugged the living
crap out of me in middle school. I was an athiest then, and repeatedly
got in trouble for not saying the "under God" line.
Yeah, I'm anal about religion and government. I admit it. It's just
one of those things that gets under my skin. It's probably because I've
lived in such overwhelmingly religious communities, but (until the last
4 or 5 years) didn't even *really* believe in God. I was either an
athiest or agnostic (willing to believe in the existance, but personally
disbelieving).
So I think we can just agree that what we each consider reasonable isn't
necessarily so to others, and end this waste of time. :-)
--Ben________________________________
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