Does the logic of this objection to the Texas pledge mean that people who pledge allegiance to the United States are "nullifying" their allegiance to God?
Nelson Lund Paul Finkelman wrote: > > I received the follow question from an English professor in one of the > Texas state colleges. I wonder what people on this list think of the > law law and her question: > > "The state legislature passed a law this session that mandates > schoolchildren pledge an allegiance to the Texas flag as well as the US > flag each morning. It goes: "Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance > to thee, Texas, one and indivisible." > > My question is this: if I pledge allegiance to Texas, am I not then > nullifying my pledge to the US? Do I not, by pledging allegiance to one > state, NOT pledge any allegiance to the other 49? This seems > unconsitutional to me, but then what do I know? " > > -- > Paul Finkelman > Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law > University of Tulsa College of Law > 3120 East 4th Place > Tulsa, OK 74104-3189 > > 918-631-3706 (office) > 918-631-2194 (fax) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
