I grew up in parochial Catholic schools. We pledged the flag every day come rain or
shine. First, line up and go to mass, then line up and walk to classroom. SDay good
morning to the nun, pledge allegiance. Eight years of that routine.
\WMarks, Central
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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. . 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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