I agree, was just writing a response that sounded almost exactly the same. just de-modify the pledge, and all is well in the world. but, like Scott said, this case has more to it. it is a ploy to set a precedent to get any references to God out of every facet of government. getting this case in front of the supreme court will cause a buzz that will pit the athiest groups vs the religious groups.
G wrote: > I'm torn big time here too. I fight for separation of church and state > everywhere I can. The constitution only says that government shall make no > laws establishing religion or the free practice there of. Having "under > God" in a pledge doesn't establish a religion....but it does purport a > belief. Is that distinction important? I don't really know. > > I guess my question is, couldn't there have been a better solution? The > easiest, in my view, would be to simply remove "under God" from the pledge. > It wasn't there originally anyway!! > > The rest of that pledge is so damn nifty....i hate throwing it out > completely. This seems like a "baby with the bathwater" scenario. > > >>double-edged sword here. >> >>if you want separation of church and state, you can't pick and choose >>what you keep and what you take away. reciting "One Nation, Under God" >>is not separating church and state. to me, this is a small price to pay >>to get the right-wing religious faction out of government. the first >>step is always the hardest. >> >>Vivec wrote: >> >>>Lol.. >>> >>>can things get any worse over there? >>>What's next? >>>Banning the Decleration of Independence?? >>> >>>Or the how about the grand finale..Outlawing your Constitution from >>>being taught. >>> >>> >>>On 9/14/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>>From Abcnews.com: >>> >>>>"Breaking News: Federal Judge delcares it unconstitutional to recite >>>>pledge of allegiance in public schools." >>>> >>>>No other details yet, and this hasn't appeared on the other major news >>>>outlets yet. >>> >>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:174150 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
