Posted on 01/25/2013 4:10:57 PM PST by hoagy62
PHOENIX -- Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would give Arizona high school seniors the option to recite a loyalty oath before they graduate.
Originally, House Bill 2467 would have made the oath a prerequisite for graduation from any public high school in the state. The Arizona Capitol Times reported the change Tuesday.
"To me it's not a Republican bill, it's not a Democrat bill, it's an American bill," said Rep. Steve Smith of Maricopa, one of the bill's sponsors. "People feel that our high school kids that will be adults should understand their role as an American citizen."
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My very first real job was at Texas Instruments and in order to work there with any sort of security clearance you had to take an oath with pretty much this same wording.
My very first real job was at Texas Instruments and in order to work there with any sort of security clearance you had to take an oath with pretty much this same wording.
Gesture politics are generally the kind of stupidy Democrats engage in. I suggest AZ move to a part time legislature with part time pay. These folks clearly don’t have enough real work to do.
My very first real job was at Texas Instruments and in order to work there with any sort of security clearance you had to take an oath with pretty much this same wording.
Sorry about the triple posting, I think my wireless is fixing to go on siesta.
Which version of the Constituiton are you talking about concerning people not wanting to defend it? Are you talking about the Constitutution as the Founding States had intended for it to be understood, the version which reflects the Founders' division of federal and state government powers, but which few people seem to be aware of these days?
Or are you talking about the street version of the Constitution that radical professors teach, the version which promotes the unconconstitutional centralization of government power in DC?
I don’t think it should be implemented- but what a fascinating debate it will start. :)
People should line up and show their intentions for public education. Let everyone see what we are paying for.
Oaths must be freely given to have any meaning. This is just stupid.
when I graduated, all of my classmates abd I just assumed that was expected of us....how sad you have to be reminded of it now!
The REAL way, too...not the PC way.
No, it's neither.
The Oath is an oath of service for political offices and officers, NOT something that can be forced upon the natural citizens at large.
In addition, an Oath taken under duress [unwillingly] cannot be considered legally binding.
In a nutshell, this bill is just political noise to appear as if someone is doing something to stop the wave of progressive pestilence that's sweeping this country.
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