Today, the 9th Circuit Court issued a "stay" on its order to prohibiit the recitation of the entire Pledge of Allegiance; this is the face of a possible Supreme Court test, and the fact that the U.S. Senate voted 99-0 to authorize the Pledge as now written.
There is also a movement to protect the Pledge of Allegiance by petition for a Constitutional Amendment; this can be found at http://www.wepledge.com for those who are interested.
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One of my friends emailed me his comments about this situation. Just a fair warning, he is a reporter for the campus newspaper and the campaign secretary for one of people running for mayor of Green Bay.
"Sadly, this is the way the world is going. We must have complete secular states, with no references to any religion, belief or what not. I was deeply saddened when the U.S. Supreme Court said they would not listen to the complaint. Yet at the same time, it is understandable, considering what they have on their plates right now, affirmative action in colleges. From a political point of view and from someone who works in the "system" these little grassroots movements are nice and meaningful, but the government as Congress and the Executive Branch, has their hands tied as of now. They have no jurisdiction over this.
After spending too many years at a Catholic school, I realize that religion is important. No, I'm not a preacher or a door-to-door-religion salesman and I'm not a part of Pat Roberson's 700 club, but as Americans, we should be allowed to have the "Under God" section being said, and we should definitely have the 10 commandments wherever neccesary. Religion isn't bad...it's only bad where it interferes with democracy.
So what can we do? The biggest thing we can do is raise awareness. Without awareness, the courts may think the arguement is null and void. To keep awareness, we need letters to the editors in major media, we need letters send to supreme court justices and we definitely need to keep saying what we believe in, "One nation, under God."
Just some random thoughts"
FYI...That was NOT me on that comment, that was one of my friends.
"Sadly, this is the way the world is going. We must have complete secular states, with no references to any religion, belief or what not. I was deeply saddened when the U.S. Supreme Court said they would not listen to the complaint. Yet at the same time, it is understandable, considering what they have on their plates right now, affirmative action in colleges. From a political point of view and from someone who works in the "system" these little grassroots movements are nice and meaningful, but the government as Congress and the Executive Branch, has their hands tied as of now. They have no jurisdiction over this.
After spending too many years at a Catholic school, I realize that religion is important. No, I'm not a preacher or a door-to-door-religion salesman and I'm not a part of Pat Roberson's 700 club, but as Americans, we should be allowed to have the "Under God" section being said, and we should definitely have the 10 commandments wherever neccesary. Religion isn't bad...it's only bad where it interferes with democracy.
So what can we do? The biggest thing we can do is raise awareness. Without awareness, the courts may think the arguement is null and void. To keep awareness, we need letters to the editors in major media, we need letters send to supreme court justices and we definitely need to keep saying what we believe in, "One nation, under God."
Just some random thoughts"
FYI...That was NOT me on that comment, that was one of my friends.
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