I probably shouldn't be commenting too much on this topic, given my previous comments
and my supposed predisposition to wild-eyed conspiracy theories (in reference to the
UN flag over Sheridan school). By the way, I must have not addressed my response to
the list and only addressed it to the specific people who had responses to my original
post as my full response never made it to the list. However, without rehashing it
all, I mentioned that I do not believe MPS teachers are pushing children into dark,
windowless rooms to sign their loyalty pledges to the Secretary-General. I was in
agreement that helping parents find stable home environments for their children and
themselves is a much more immediate concern.
Anyway, I have an interesting twist on Barb Lickness' comments on the Pledge. A good
friend of mine who attended private Lutheran schools never said the Pledge of
Allegiance in private schools. The only reason she knows the pledge is because she
attended public school in kindergarten. Why did she never say the pledge in Lutheran
schools? Her answer: Why would Christians pledge loyalty to anything/anyone but God
(and "one nation under God" apparently didn't cut it in her schools)?
Just a thought.
Gary Bowman
Ward 1-Audubon Park
www.bowman2001.org
On Thu, 19 April 2001, Barbara Lickness wrote:
>
> My son attends a school that is over 1/3 Somolian.
> There are also a lot of Asian families in the public
> school system. In the pledge of allegiance it says
> "One nation under God". Many Somolians are Muslim and
> many Asians are Buddhist. I believe their families
> may have a problem with that portion of the pledge.
>
> Wasn't that issue the very reason the schools steered
> away from the pledge in the first place? I remember
> it being a part of my daily ritual in school, I just
> can't remember when it stopped and why?
>
> Can any old timer out there enlighten us?
>
> Barb Lickness
> Whittier
> Ward 6
> City Council Candidate
>
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