Michelle Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Amen, Jim McGuire! In addition to being mindless nationalistic drivel,
requiring kids to recite the pledge of allegiance may well violate some of
their religious or personal beliefs.
Pamela Taylor says:
Amen, Michelle! My mother became a Jehovah's Witness when I was in 7th grade, and from that point on we were told we did not have to say the Pledge. This religious group does not vote nor take part in any political endeavors. So imagine a small child being brought up in this religion and being forced to go against it by saying the Pledge at school.
While I never converted to being a JW, I don't see the reason in saying the Pledge. As a child it was meaningless drivel to me. I never saw it as having anything remotely to do with my real life. Once I grew up, I felt my instincts as a child had been right.
I am political and I do vote and even work on political campaigns! That proves we don't all believe what we are told as children. I think we need a revision of a whole lot of these antiquated rituals. Kids today catch on to things much faster then we did back in the day, and they will soon ask critical questions about these things, and, I suspect, rebel on thier own.
Pamela Taylor (In Tampa, on her way to Sunday Mass like a good girl)
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