Oh yeah, I coulda sworn on MSNBC these two guys were debating the whole thing, and I heard that like the whole thing started in California or something because there, the schools are required to make the students recite the pledge every day... or whatever... and y'know some people don't believe in god... or have different religious beliefs or whatever, and the dealy is like... it's unconstitutional to REQUIRE kids to recite it each day... And like in the constitution or whatever it may say that the country was founded under god or blah blah, but kids aren't required to read that part day after day after day...
But who cares? People flipping out "OH WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO NEXT!? TAKE IN GOD WE TRUST OFF MONEYZ!?"... no..... no they're not...... But requiring some people to say something that says under god blah blah could make some peoples mad... it's like if kids were required to read a passage from the bible each day or something in school... although that would be a bit more direct than just one line of a little pledge thing...
But I don't really care... I don't believe in god, and I didn't care when I said the pledge... but usually the people flipping out and blah blah-ing over how it's crazy and "what are they gonna do next, take in god we trust off the dollar bills?" are people who believe in god, and when you believe in god, it's easy to say how it's stupid, but if you have a strong disbelief in god, I think it'd be pretty easy to see how it's stupid to make your kid say the pledge each day....
*shrugs*
Still I think peoples are flipping out over nothing...
Edit: About the school dealy... what gekko said... he posted it before me
So look at gekko's post... I know some people skip straight to the second page when topics get them, and the last post on the page is sometimes ignored...
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