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Originally posted by Dawgy
however, why cant he just have her not recite it? why does it have to be banned, just cuz his kid is an atheist? (not that an elementary kid can make that decision, but thats a whole other thread)
i mean really, it IS voluntary, no one MAKES u say it... if they do, then yes they should be corrected, but i know in school i was never FORCED to recite it, and i doubt kids are today...
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Because it forces a young kid who doesn't want to recite to take an unpopular public stance (one that would probably get her beaten up by people with the same attitudes as some of the fools in this thread) over it in school. Not only that, but since its a religious service, why should my kid be forced to attend while other people do it? It is not voluntary, they still have to sit through that bullshit.
Forget the 1st Amendment establishment issues, kid should not be forced to make those sorts of choices just because some idiot wants to chant to an invisible man in the sky every morning.
Now, speaking of the first amendment... what part of the Establishment Clause don't you understand? Establishment does not just mean establishing a State religion, it also means preferencing one belief over another. The Pledge currently preferences theistic belief over non-theistic belief and it is thus unconstitutional to force children to attend a recital of it.