----- Original Message ----- From: "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 6:41 AM Subject: RE: Pledge of Allegiance
> From: Dan Minette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In Texas, school children are required to either say the pledge of > allegiance to Texas or to stand respectfully while others do.
There's a pledge of allegiance to Texas? The state? Weird. Just when you think you've heard everything. How does it go? "I pledge allegiance to the Dallas Cowboys and the NFL for which they stand..."
Not too weird really. Texas was a Nation in the more or less modern sense for a few years. (As opposed to a kingdom or such) Its not surprising that Texas would have appendix like attributes as part of its civic requirements.
But I disagree with forcing kids to pledge to Texas. It's just unnecessary.
rob
's funny, when I was down there the natives were proud to be from texas, to have their own pledge, that texas history was a requirment in grades x- xx. The texas flag story is a myth however. (That it's state flag is the only one that can be as high as the US flag.) Wish I'd known that 13 years ago.
Kevin T. - VRWC
wasting time
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