Re: The Pledge of Allegiance
I loved Thal's post on this enough to share it to my facebook page. I especially loved the part that listed all of the things from "the good ole days". But I digress.
I have a MIL who believes we should go back to the basic, original Constitution. She doesn't even believe in the Amendments. When I point out that that allows for slaves she shrugs. When I point out that that would not allow for religious diversity, "Good!" She honestly thinks things would be better that way. She also believes in the Pledge. And having "under God" in it. When I point out that the Pledge wasn't around back then... shrug. "Under God" wasn't it it, she doesn't believe me.
That kind of ignorance is where most of my major problems with this whole argument stem from. No one is educated on the Pledge anymore. No one knows what it means, where it came from, when it was written, etc. That makes having kids recite it completely pointless. A waste of time. But being pointless, it also makes it harmless.
So, why should I care whether it's done or not? If their school requires they learn the pledge, with or without "under God" in it, fine. Make them learn it. But tell them what it means, teach them the history behind it, and don't make it into a useless recitation. And the school better not be making exceptions for the fundy-Christian who doesn't want to learn about evolution if my kid is required to learn the Pledge with "under God" in it.
Originally posted by Corvus
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I have a MIL who believes we should go back to the basic, original Constitution. She doesn't even believe in the Amendments. When I point out that that allows for slaves she shrugs. When I point out that that would not allow for religious diversity, "Good!" She honestly thinks things would be better that way. She also believes in the Pledge. And having "under God" in it. When I point out that the Pledge wasn't around back then... shrug. "Under God" wasn't it it, she doesn't believe me.
That kind of ignorance is where most of my major problems with this whole argument stem from. No one is educated on the Pledge anymore. No one knows what it means, where it came from, when it was written, etc. That makes having kids recite it completely pointless. A waste of time. But being pointless, it also makes it harmless.
So, why should I care whether it's done or not? If their school requires they learn the pledge, with or without "under God" in it, fine. Make them learn it. But tell them what it means, teach them the history behind it, and don't make it into a useless recitation. And the school better not be making exceptions for the fundy-Christian who doesn't want to learn about evolution if my kid is required to learn the Pledge with "under God" in it.
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