Should we have to say something we dont believe in?
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Having the right to say or not say the pledge of allegiance
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I am a 16 year old boy in Delaware, and my teacher says that we have to say the pledge of allegiance, but I reminded her that there is a passage in the Constitution that says we dont have to if we dont want to. Now, the part i dont believe in is the part that says "with liberty and justice for all" i dont believe that is what America really stands for because we still have racism, high gas prices, rich not having to pay taxes, illegal aliens getting drivers licenses, etc. And until this stuff is resolved, hopefully by Obama or Clinton, I will not and cannot say this part of the pledge of allegiance. If they want to take God out of it because they dont believe in it, then we can take out stuff we dont believe and I need your voice!
I am a 16 year old boy in Delaware, and my teacher says that we have to say the pledge of allegiance, but I reminded her that there is a passage in the Constitution that says we dont have to if we dont want to. Now, the part i dont believe in is the part that says "with liberty and justice for all" i dont believe that is what America really stands for because we still have racism, high gas prices, rich not having to pay taxes, illegal aliens getting drivers licenses, etc. And until this stuff is resolved, hopefully by Obama or Clinton, I will not and cannot say this part of the pledge of allegiance. If they want to take God out of it because they dont believe in it, then we can take out stuff we dont believe and I need your voice!
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# 18:
2:29 am PDT, Oct 10,
Name not displayed, Greece
# 17:
4:14 pm PDT, Aug 21,
Name not displayed, Colorado
# 16:
6:57 pm PDT, Aug 17,
Name not displayed, Maine
# 15:
7:59 pm PDT, Aug 15,
Amanda Riley, New Jersey
I don't get how illegal aliens receiving licenses goes against liberty but... I don't believe we stand for it anymore either, anyway. I never said the pledge of allegiance, but then again, no one else in my class did either (but out of laziness, not beliefs). I don't think we have to but a lot of teachers seem to think we do. It should be in student handbooks and stuff.
I don't get how illegal aliens receiving licenses goes against liberty but... I don't believe we stand for it anymore either, anyway. I never said the pledge of allegiance, but then again, no one else in my class did either (but out of laziness, not beliefs). I don't think we have to but a lot of teachers seem to think we do. It should be in student handbooks and stuff.
# 14:
4:34 pm PDT, Aug 15,
Lindsey O'Connor, Alabama
I don't believe that saying the Pledge of Allegiance should be mandatory for anyone - but not for the reasons mentioned in the petition. The "liberty and justice for all" phrase is not meant as a statement of the way things are - but how we wish them to be. No society throughout human history has ever achieved perfect liberty or perfect justice. Considering that human nature is imperfect it follows that human society will always be imperfect. But, like the saying goes, "Democracy is the worst form of government there is.....except for all the rest of them."
I don't believe that saying the Pledge of Allegiance should be mandatory for anyone - but not for the reasons mentioned in the petition. The "liberty and justice for all" phrase is not meant as a statement of the way things are - but how we wish them to be. No society throughout human history has ever achieved perfect liberty or perfect justice. Considering that human nature is imperfect it follows that human society will always be imperfect. But, like the saying goes, "Democracy is the worst form of government there is.....except for all the rest of them."
# 13:
2:53 am PDT, Aug 15,
Erika Stone, Virginia
# 10:
7:45 pm PDT, Aug 14,
Cassandra Holladay, Wisconsin
I personally refuse to say the pledge in school, or even stand up during it. Yes, it does get some odd looks, and I have actually been sent to the office and threatened with detentions if I don't say it, but it's not like they can do anything. Legally, you don't have to say anything you don't want to.
I personally refuse to say the pledge in school, or even stand up during it. Yes, it does get some odd looks, and I have actually been sent to the office and threatened with detentions if I don't say it, but it's not like they can do anything. Legally, you don't have to say anything you don't want to.
# 9:
2:44 pm PDT, Aug 14,
Name not displayed, New York
# 8:
11:50 am PDT, Aug 14,
Pam Boland, Georgia
# 7:
6:59 am PDT, Aug 14,
Name not displayed, Alabama
# 6:
6:26 am PDT, Aug 14,
Michael Valdivielso, Virginia
You read the Constitution? If only more people did also...
You read the Constitution? If only more people did also...
# 5:
5:02 am PDT, Aug 14,
David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania
# 4:
3:05 am PDT, Aug 14,
Bill Craig, Germany
# 3:
9:10 pm PDT, Aug 13,
JOSSIE A ROSS, Canada
VERY TRUE..........
VERY TRUE..........
# 2:
8:56 pm PDT, Aug 13,
Steve Dale, Australia
FAIR ENOUGH.
FAIR ENOUGH.
# 1:
7:05 pm PDT, Aug 13,
Dinda Evans, California
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