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To: Le-Roy
Your assumptions are completely ridiculous. Voluntarily reciting the Pledge of Alligence at school, which merely generically acknowledges the existence of a God, does not establish a state religion. Refusing to allow students the right to recite the Pledge of Alligance in school would be violating their free speech rights. Why do you believe that a student's free speech rights are not legitimate within the setting of school walls?

Refusing the right of students to acknowledge the existence of a God in school and the honor of pledging their loyalty to God and country, would be a prime example of government being an adversary of religion and religious expression.

By the way, you forget to mention the Free Exercise Clause in your quote.

441 posted on 06/27/2002 11:54:49 AM PDT by FreedominJesusChrist
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To: FreedominJesusChrist
   Man, you just can't help yourself, can you? Where have I ever said I was against voluntary recitation? Where did I ever state that such 'establish[ed] a state religion'? Where have I ever advocated refusing to allow (allow, not force) recitation (therefore rendering your next assumption all the more ludicrous)?
447 posted on 06/27/2002 12:39:42 PM PDT by Le-Roy
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