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Sorry NP, but I had to change it, because as you are aware, "good" is subjective.One forthe good guysthose who I agree with!!!!!!!
Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance - Yahoo! News
By TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press Writer Terence Chea, Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 18 mins ago
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected two legal challenges by Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow, who claimed the references to God disrespect his religious beliefs.
"The Pledge is constitutional," Judge Carlos Bea wrote for the majority in the 2-1 ruling. "The Pledge of Allegiance serves to unite our vast nation through the proud recitation of some of the ideals upon which our Republic was founded."
If "under god" in the pledge is indoctrination, it sure is a piss poor one. Even the UK, which is way more liberal than us, sings "God save the Queen." They get 4 versus of that, we only get 2 words in our pledge....yea, we are soooo indoctrinating people.Indoctrination is ok when it's christians doing it!
Indoctrination is ok when it's christians doing it!
Indoctrination is ok when it's christians doing it!
Using the term "God" is not distinct to Christianity, nor was the name Jesus, or any other Biblical figure used in our founding documents.:roll:
One for the good guys!!!!!!!
Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance - Yahoo! News
By TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press Writer Terence Chea, Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 18 mins ago
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected two legal challenges by Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow, who claimed the references to God disrespect his religious beliefs.
"The Pledge is constitutional," Judge Carlos Bea wrote for the majority in the 2-1 ruling. "The Pledge of Allegiance serves to unite our vast nation through the proud recitation of some of the ideals upon which our Republic was founded."
Did you know that "under God" was not added to the pledge until the 1950's?
Name one Biblical figure used in our founding documents.
Who sits around and thinks up this ****?
Only people who crave attention would put up a fight against something like this.
Offended by "under God"? Really? Get a life.
Who sits around and thinks up this ****?
Even the UK, which is way more liberal than us, sings "God save the Queen." They get 4 versus of that, we only get 2 words in our pledge....yea, we are soooo indoctrinating people.
Only people who crave attention would put up a fight against something like this.
Offended by "under God"? Really? Get a life.
Who sits around and thinks up this ****?
Well considering one of our governments founding principles is separation of church and state and the phrase seems to acknowledge that we serve a particular god named "God". You can pretend all you want that it doesn't refer to the "god" of abraham all you want. Its actually an important issue to many of us who consider ourselves outside of the homogenized christian community.
Last I remembered britain has an official church and a monarch. So I don't see how the two compare.
One for the good guys!!!!!!!
Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance - Yahoo! News
By TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press Writer Terence Chea, Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 18 mins ago
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected two legal challenges by Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow, who claimed the references to God disrespect his religious beliefs.
"The Pledge is constitutional," Judge Carlos Bea wrote for the majority in the 2-1 ruling. "The Pledge of Allegiance serves to unite our vast nation through the proud recitation of some of the ideals upon which our Republic was founded."
If "under god" in the pledge is indoctrination, it sure is a piss poor one. Even the UK, which is way more liberal than us, sings "God save the Queen." They get 4 versus of that, we only get 2 words in our pledge....yea, we are soooo indoctrinating people.
Because the pledge specifically notes "Under our Christian god," or because Christians are the only ones who believe in god?
CapitalizationNote: Capitalize God only when it refers to the Christian God; also capitalize all nouns and personal pronouns when they refer to God.
The Holy Observer: THO Guide to Christian CapitalizationRemember, if a word refers to God, it must be capitalized!
"Under God"--A Product of the 1950's Red Scare"acknowledge the dependence of our people and our Government upon … the Creator … [and] deny the atheistic and materialistic concept of communism."
I can't tell you how many innocent little atheists have succumbed to Christianity because they found themselves reciting the pledge in grade school.Indoctrination is ok when it's christians doing it!
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