(North Carolina) House To Discuss Pledge Of Allegiance Bill

[brooklynite]

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina already has a law that encourages local districts to provide students the opportunity of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance on a regular basis. The bill heading for House approval requires that opportunity become a daily ritual.

The North Carolina Pledge of Allegiance bill also requires the display of the U.S. and state flag in each classroom. In addition, schools would teach the meaning and historical origins of the flag and the Pledge of Allegiance.

Last year, the Senate unanimously passed the bill on the last day of the session. On Wednesday, the full House is expected to review the bill.

If members do not vote on it by the end of the short session, then the measure is dead until 2008.

http://www.wral.com/news/9437266/detail.html

What could encourage the development of patriotism more than peer pressure to conform by blindly reciting the Pledge no matter how you feel about it?

[Book Lover]

1. Well, it didn't work on me, fwiw

All I got was surly and resentful. I remembered my father telling me about the rituals he had to perform in his classroom in fascist Italy; I still see no difference between them and us in this regard.

[Xenotime]

2. What if you are an immigrant? Then you HAVE to recite it?

Sounds like facism to me. The very words of that "pledge" make my stomach turn.

[flamin lib]

3. History of the pledge? You mean they want us to know that it

was written by a Socialist?

I had to say the pledge in school during the mid '50s. Even as a little kid I figured out that other countries had their little kids saying the same sorts of things and we couldn't all be right.

[Eugene]

9. And let's not forget that "under God" was added in 1954

in response to the red scare. If they want history, it will be interesting
to know how much of it they can take.

[oneighty]

4. Teaching the history

of the PLEDGE in my eyes might lessen its import. Best they be careful some students might be encouraged to think. Say; "Hmmmmmmmmm."

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[Benhurst]

5. Great news for the People's Republic of China!

They'll probably up the price on what they charge for the American flags they make with slave labor.

[gratuitous]

6. Heaven knows the little pischers are gonna forget

If they aren't required to stand and recite the pledge every day. I know that whenever anyone tells me something, I make them repeat it over and over each day just in case they changed their minds. A person's word isn't good for more than 24 hours (unless there's a weekend or a holiday involved), so we have to make 'em pledge every stinkin' day!

I want to move to North Carolina if they don't have any problems more pressing than this. Wait, no I don't.

I suspect this is a temper tantrum growing out of the UNC baseball team getting their little blue Tar Heels handed to them by the Mighty Beavers of Oregon State at the College World Series.

There, there, poor little Carolinians. It's not that bad. :evilgrin:

[Terran1212]

7. already standard issue in Georgia

[onehandle]

8. There are much bigger "problems" than this in the USA.

I grew up saying the pledge every day at school and turned out a liberal Democrat.

I know this is about the "under god" part, but that will likely Never change.

There are Much bigger things for us to worry about.

I do pledge my allegiance to the United States.