[Greg Weston]

Back when I was in school I don't remember it as an "invitation". Maybe it's different now.

[Pythagoras]

Why are all these Republican outreach programs targeted to Mexicans and Blacks for example? First of all blacks are overwhelmingly Democrat and likely to stay that way. Second, Mexicans make up a tiny percentage of the electorate are mostly Democratic and confined to states not up for grabs. The Republicans outreach towards Jewish groups will most likely help them in places like Florida but would not appealing to working class socially conservative white voters in places like again Wisconsin, Michigan, West Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Florida, Pennsylvania et cetera be a MUCH better idea.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Back when I was in school I don't remember it as an "invitation".

The pledge is not mandatory; by logic, what else could it be? Though the onus clearly is on the parent to explain this.

Newdow explained quite clearly (using the very word "games") that he was playing games with the courts. It was clearly not sufficient for him to tell his daughter something to the effect that "we don't believe in this, so we don't recite it along with the rest." Even though that would be an obvious answer to a personal objection to the pledge, and the answer that the Supreme Court has upheld for years for others that object to the flag pledge.