I pledge allegience to the Syracause Organmen in basketball and will support no other college team.
I pledge allegeience to the San Antonio Spurs and will support no other professional basketball team.
I pledge allegience to the New York Yankees and will support no other professional baseball team.
I pledge all. to the God of Abraham and Moses and will have no other God.
I pledge all. to the United States, and will support no other flag or political entity.
None of these are inconsistent.
But, you cannot "pledge to the the God of Abraham and Moses" and then say I also pledge allegience to Jupiter and Neptune and Thor.
I cannot "pledge" to the Yankees and the also "pledge" to the Red Sox.
I cannot "pledge" to the United States and also to the France.
So, the question is, can I pledge to the US and to the state (nee Republic) of Texas?
Paul Finkelman
-- 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]
Nelson Lund wrote:
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]
