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Originally posted by CamChicks
The problem with the Pledge and "Under God" is that it is not presented as optional.
Some schools will punish you if you don't say it.
This is illegal, but they assume teenagers aren't educated enough to know that.
(oh, the irony)
I was sent to the principles office and threatened with suspension for refusing to participate.
He sternly lectured me with some patriotic "veterans who have died" talking points, etc. and I told him that if the school simply asked us to stand to honor those who died defending freedom I would not object to that. But that's not what the pledge says. It says "I pledge my allegiance to ... one nation under god". And that's insane nonsense.
It took my counter-threat of contacting the ACLU to reverse their policy.
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see, that line has real life consequences which in no way can be seen as democratic or lawfull