there is no separation of church and state any where in the constitution. no where. and I hope the amount of kids saying the pledge increases to 90%.
On Nov 17, 10:00 am, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is a current Separation where Secularist are seeking to enforce > their ban Religion from the Public Square... The question is not > IF but when, where, and who... A side note, isn't having the kids > who do not wish to say "under God" stay in the classrooms while the > rest of the students go to the gym "isolating them"??? > > http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20081114/NEWS/81114027 > > >>> Unlike other Pledge controversies, this one centers on how and where > >>> schoolchildren say it, not whether they should be allowed to. > > In 1943, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that schoolchildren can opt out > of reciting the pledge for religious reasons. > > Sixty-one years later, the court said a California father couldn't > challenge the Pledge of Allegiance, reversing a lower-court decision > saying teacher-led Pledge recitals in public schools were > unconstitutional. That case involved an atheist who didn't want his > third-grader to have to listen to the phrase "under God." > > But it didn't rule on the constitutionality of compulsory recitation. > > The brouhaha in the Vermont school began in September, when parent Ted > Tedesco began circulating petitions calling for its return as a daily > practice in the 19th-century schoolhouse, which has 55 children in > grades kindergarten through six. > > School officials agreed to resume the pledge as a daily exercise, but > not in the classroom. > > "We don't want to isolate children every day in their own classroom, > or make them feel they're different," said Principal Michaela Martin. > > Instead, starting last week, a sixth grade student was assigned to go > around to the four classrooms before classes started, gathering up > anyone who wanted to say it and then walking them up creaky wooden > steps to a second-floor gymnasium, where he led them in the pledge. > > About half the students chose to participate, according to Martin. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
