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Democracy White (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:27 PM Original message |
A question for you...how many think that the phrase "under God" should be |
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MemphisTiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. Tell her where it started |
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Democracy White (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. Yes I did tell her that it was put in the 1950's during |
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MemphisTiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
68. I would suggest to her that the responsibility lies |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
92. prayer is still in schools.... |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. God was not originally in the pledge, it was added during the red scare |
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JimmyJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. For religious reasons, I think the Pledge of Allegiance should be |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Red Scare McCarthyism holdover--take it out! |
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spuddonna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
80. I totally agree - take it out! |
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jackster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. TAKEN OUT! |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. And also I think |
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Democracy White (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
65. It is hypocritical... |
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Saphire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Bingo.... |
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shoelace414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. God has not been removed from school |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Exactly |
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Democracy White (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
62. My mo isn't against individual prayer... |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
79. Exactly |
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jackster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #62 |
91. Kids should be able to join religious "GROUPS AND CLUBS" |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. Before 1954 those words weren't there.... |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. This country was founded, among other things, as a refuge from religious.. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. And also on the money |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. You mean Moloch, right? |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Ah Muloch |
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Democracy White (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Which denomination of money? |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. I'm not sure |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Holy shit, you're right! |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. For whatever reason |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Here is the lowdown on Bohemian Grove |
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Democracy White (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
71. So all of our politicians are devil-worshippers? n/t |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. It's standard operating procedure of all powerful secret societies |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #73 |
82. You should watch Kay Griggs' interview |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. Read post 63 |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. I don't know if all of them are |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. The jones film has interesting footage, but the analysis is bullshit. nt |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
56. No, the owl is not a biblical god. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. I got the two confused |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #61 |
72. Well, there may be an owl god in the bible, I dont know. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #72 |
85. There is a Murdoch mentioned in the Bible in the OT |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 11:07 PM Response to Reply #72 |
99. that would be Lilith |
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OrlandoGator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. We want the original Pledge restored. |
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SheepyMcSheepster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. taken out, revert the pledge to its original form |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. There should be no pledge of allegience it is anti-democratic. |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I agree |
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judy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. It should be out of there pronto... |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. And also tell her |
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GeorgeBushytail (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. I am an American Atheist and I don't live under any deity-thingy |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. The decline in society did not start because we took prayer out of school |
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GeorgeBushytail (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. American apartheid flourished before mandatory group prayer was outlawed |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. I agree |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. I say keep it in |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Yes |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Ask her if she would feel the same way |
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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. Show me evidence that society has "gone down hill" |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
20. Ask her: Has our society improved or not since 1956? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Crime levels mushroomed after it was placed in the Pledge... |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
50. Exactly |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. Ask your mother... |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
57. That's what I ask people |
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aintitfunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. As to the pledge, I do not care |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. Sounds as if you'd better check... |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Or at least check |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. Out. (nt) |
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GeorgeBushytail (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. Some Buddhists object to "Under God" too |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
48. Making school kids say the pledge has already been found |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
30. As an atheist, I say it should come out. n/t |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
36. PLURALIZED! |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
37. 'Heathens' - that's the kind of word that exemplifies why the word God |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
38. Take it out. I never had to say it in school before it was added |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
70. Exactly |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
40. Removed! The statement that our country was founded on |
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Democracy White (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Hey thanks for the sites!!! |
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understandinglife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
42. OUT. |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
44. Does one have the right to pledge to "One nation under Allah"? Or "YHWH"? |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
45. I had a very similar conversation with my father a few months back |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
46. Well, she's correct about one thing |
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dr.strangelove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
52. Its not the "under god" part I object to |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
55. Pledge of Allegiance was written by Fancis Bellamy, a Christian SOCIALIST |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #55 |
75. Thank it for that information |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #75 |
88. I wonder if RWers would try to ban the entire Pledge if they were aware... |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
58. All references to "god" should be removed |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
59. on that "no prayer in schools" thing... |
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Democracy White (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #59 |
100. My mother tells me it was one woman |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
60. Changed To "Guided By Providence" Which Is What Founders Would've |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
64. Out |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
66. I think it should be taken out. |
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DelawareValleyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
67. Out |
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Democracy White (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
69. My mom also tells me that this is why Muslims |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
74. The President, the Congress and the Military all pledge |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
76. I feel no need to keep it. |
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xray s (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
78. I am a Christian and I think it should come out |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. You're right |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #78 |
89. A bumper sticker for them... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
84. It should be taken BACK out |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
87. I think that students need to be taught about their right to free speech |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
90. When my mom was in school |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
93. taken out. |
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CrazyForKucinich (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
94. It should be taken out of the pledge and.... |
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alkaline9 (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
95. any reference to god should be... |
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wli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
96. I'm an atheist; I want it gone. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
97. To be honest, I find the whole "pledge" idea rather repulsive. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-05 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
98. Ask her if she would object to changing it to |
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