[ValerieUSA]

There was a guy on Fox News earlier speaking for the public schools in Elk Grove where they want to continue saying the Pledge of Allegiance despite the court order - anyway, he is on our side, but kept getting a fundamental point wrong. He kept saying that the freedom to fight out this issue in the courts instead of the streets is a good lesson about our democracy for the students. He kept talking about our democracy. I wanted to ask him to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and ask him what "and the Republic for which it stands" means...

[catpuppy]

Excellent point, but totally lost on the media and the public education system

[Servant of the Nine]

He kept talking about our democracy. I wanted to ask him to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and ask him what "and the Republic for which it stands" means...

It means the guy that wrote the pledge wasn't being technically accurate. We are a Federated Representative Democracy

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