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September 14, 2005

Halloween comes a bit early to Frisco - the reanimation of the 'pledge' controversy

Just like the character Michael that keeps coming back in those Halloween movies (what was the last one? Halloween 28: Grandson's Second Cousin Twice Removed Revenge?) The so-called controversy over the Pledge of Allegiance just won't stay dead. Of COURSE it would be a judge in the Great Moonbat Land aka San Francisco who today would rule:

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge declared the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools unconstitutional Wednesday in a case brought by the same atheist whose previous battle against the words "under God" was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court on procedural grounds.

U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton ruled that the pledge's reference to one nation "under God" violates school children's right to be "free from a coercive requirement to affirm God."

Let me get this right...it is OK to discuss AIDS in detail with six year olds, but the same kidlet will be irreparably harmed by just hearing (since no one is obligated to SAY) those two words in the Pledge of Allegiance?

Some "parents" need smacking about the head and shoulders.

Posted by Darleen at September 14, 2005 01:05 PM

Comments

Usually, sex ed programs don't discuss AIDS with six-year-olds. They wait for a higher grade.

I don't have a problem with schools teaching established scientific facts that are relevant to life, as in sex ed. I do have a problem with unscientific beliefs being imposed on everyone.

Posted by: Neil the Ethical Werewolf at September 14, 2005 01:27 PM

I went to grad school with someone who said she would never "allow" her child into a school where they said the Pledge. Not only was the God thing a problem, but being a proud American was too. Of course, this was also someone who swore up and down that she would move to Canada if Bush won in 2004..and I haven't seen or heard from her since June 2004...so hmmm! :-)

It's very interesting how so many people think that religious references will "corrupt" the heck out of our children by turning them into "Christian wingnuts" or "hurting their self-esteem," but that talking to 6 -year-olds about sex won't influence them in any way.

Posted by: Marian at September 24, 2005 11:41 AM