Pennsylvania sued on Pledge of Allegiance mandate

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | Friday, February 07, 2003 | The Associated Press

[Willie Green]

A high school sophomore and a private school in Harrisburg are suing to overturn a state law that requires public and private school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance or sing the national anthem each morning.

The law was scheduled to take effect today, but lawyers for the state Department of Education agreed to delay enforcement pending a federal court hearing next week, an American Civil Liberties Union official said yesterday.

[Temple Owl]

Vouchers are just one more way to bring private schools under government control.

That doesn't have to be. I went to school under the GI Bill which was a form of voucher system.The argument against vouchers is the one the teachers' union and left-wing propagandists use.

[Texas_Jarhead]

get out of town - it's the pledge of allegiance, it doesn't hurt anyone. No one is compelled since you don't have to recite it you don't want to but you do have to show respect to the others around and at least stand like the rest. sometimes you folks kill me. always at the extreme. first the Pledge, next thing ya know we're all in concentration camps.

[Protagoras]

I went to school under the GI

Unions have not made the argument I made so far as I have ever heard. Government funds come with government strings is my point.

[Protagoras]

It's all about ideas, you said it on your tag line.

You in favor of compulsory pledges to Hillary?

[Dimensio]

first the Pledge, next thing ya know we're all in concentration camps.

Your statement is so incredibly stupid that I am at a loss in determining how to respond.

[Texas_Jarhead]

it was an exageration to make a point but you already know that don't you. here is what I said,

"get out of town - it's the pledge of allegiance, it doesn't hurt anyone. No one is compelled since you don't have to recite it you don't want to but you do have to show respect to the others around and at least stand like the rest. sometimes you folks kill me. always at the extreme. first the Pledge, next thing ya know we're all in concentration camps."

[Qwerty]

Have you signed the Loyalty Oath yet? Only an unpatriotic supporter of the enemy would object to signing it every morning.

Joseph Heller bump.

[ssplam]

I came across this today in a delphi forum.

http://www.post-gazette.com/localnews/20030208pledgereg2p2.asp

It starts:
Pledge of Allegiance law vexes schools

Saturday, February 08, 2003

By Carmen J. Lee, Post-Gazette Education Writer

"Waldorf School of Pittsburgh employees didn't know about the new state law requiring students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. They also were not aware it was supposed to take effect yesterday.

But staff members at the South Side private school said they disagreed with having students recite the pledge every day and with notifying their parents if they didn't.

The American Civil Liberties Union does, too, and filed a lawsuit this week in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, arguing that the law violates a person's constitutional right to free speech."

Link in beginning of post will take you to full article.