Posted on 06/30/2010 10:39:21 AM PDT by Todd Kinsey
Why don’t the MA State Senators get their rears in gear?
This is such a pathetic display of citizenship except for the kids fighting for the Flag and that which it stands for.
I’ve got to hand it to the liberals. They’ve degraded my respect for government to a point where it doesn’t bother me that they won’t allow the pledge of allegience.
Diverse how? Do they have a lot of students who owe no allegiance to the United States?
My hat is off to the patriotic kids. They have more spirit than their cretin principal who cowers to minorities.
My question is: What gives this moron the right to ban free speech?
Fire the traitor!
I hate to defend Ole Horseface, but I read on a thread last night that Kerry had written a letter to the school board asking them to allow the pledge.
“I received hate mail and threats of violence from the supposed peace loving liberals.”
Could you flesh that out a little bit? How many emails, how many snail mails, how many phone calls etc. What did they say specifically?
The reason I ask is to document such behavior and how independent bloggers and reporters are targeted. If you want to do it privately that’s fine. I would appreciate any info.
Thanks,
Irish Catholic.
Public schools do it every day. They call free speech, "divisive." Just ask the kids in CA with the US flag shirts.
But they are interpreting that phrase as, "the only nation under God."
They see it, mistakenly, as a theocratic indoctrination tool.
If I were this student, then now I would make it a point of coming into the school lobby and loudly reciting the pledge in front of the flag. And if his friends do it, too, and others join in, then he will be making a statement.
that’s right, the schools who will teach the kids about Islam then have a fit if they want to pray as Christians
I know public schools do it every day.
That doesn’t change the fact that it is wrong. The hypocrites are paid by Americans who pay taxes. For them who bleed the taxpayers dry and then turn around and ban the Pledge of Alegiance is despicable.
They should be sent to Afghanistan.
You are correct, GE. But then, this is Massachusetts; and the Bay State is a socialist state.
You’ll recall that John Adams wrote the Constitution of Massachusetts. It is the oldest, written, continuousy operating document of its kind in the world. In the preamble, Adams referred to God as “the Great Legislator in the sky.”
I am certain that Mr. Adams is spinning in his grave. He must be ashamed of his fellow Bay Staters.
Well I disagree with Mr. Skidmore and believe the students have a right to say the pledge in the classroom.
Well I disagree and believe the students have a DUTY to say the pledge in the classroom.
Now we have another case in Arlington Massachusetts where high school Principal Charles Skidmore has banned the pledge of allegiance from being recited in the classroom.
Name change: Principa1 Charles Skidmark
Another reason why I have to question why I stay in this state. When I was a kid I went to school in Lowell. The school was staffed by French-Canadian nuns. The first thing we did in the morning was to say the Notre-Pere and the Pledge of Allegience. Mind you, not one of these nuns was an American citizen, yet they made sure that we understood that we were Americans and that our duty and loyalty was to God and our country.
Please forgive the rant.
“Why don’t the MA State Senators get their rears in gear?”
It’s called let the kids do the fighting, so they don’t have to jump into the fray, and possibly lose votes of any constituents by supporting one side, or the other on this.
Most Politicians are Weasel’s.
Liberals don’t like the pledge? It seems to me they ought to love it. After all, the “one nation . . . indivisible” clause is one of the core tenets of their 10th Amendment suffocating faith. Maybe they should be concerned that conservatives may be having second thoughts about buying into it because of that particular clause.
Which is it, God or COUNTRY that is offensive to the “diverse” student population or perhaps BOTH words?
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