http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/pledgeofallegiance/ en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:08:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414468/posts Resident asks school board to remove Pledge of Allegiance from meetings December 22, 2009 By Chantelle Lusebrink The Issaquah School Board may consider eliminating the Pledge of Allegiance at its regular business meetings. At their Dec. 9 meeting, school board members were asked to eliminate the pledge from their meetings by parent Matthew Barry. “The words ‘under God’ in the pledge are offensive to your atheist residents in this school district,” Barry said at the meeting. “A study from last year, The American Religious Identification Survey, indicates that 15 percent of Americans aren’t religious. In Washington, which is one of... Issaquah Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414468/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:08:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401847/posts Fifty-five years ago young children all across America walked into their respective schoolrooms and with pride bursting in their young chests they recited the Pledge of Allegiance. There was a new and deeper meaning reflected in the addition to this pledge — the words "under God" were inserted to read, in full, "one nation under God." Since that momentous year elementary school students all across America have recited this pledge — some hoping that their teacher will select them to stand in front of the classroom to proudly lead the recitation. Yet deep within the hardened hearts of some in... Renew America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401847/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 05:02:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354081/posts A federal court in New Hampshire has tossed a lawsuit against school districts in that state alleging that they improperly coerced children to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, a decision that the American Center for Law and Justice, which represented members of Congress in an amicus brief, praised. "We’re extremely pleased with the sound and well reasoned decision issued by the court – a decision that rejects another attempt to rewrite history by targeting the Pledge and the phrase 'under God,'" said Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the ACLJ, yesterday. Michael Newdow wnd http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354081/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:36:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328690/posts SPRING HILL, FL -- While showing off her JROTC uniform, 16-year-old Heather Lawrence told us joining the Army is her next big goal, to follow in the footsteps of her father and grandfather. "Our flag represents everything that our country is," she said. The teen says an issue over the American flag is why she was written up and handed a five-day suspension from Springstead High School this week for criticizing a Muslim student. Heather says the other girl was sitting down during the Pledge of Allegiance. "You know, I made a not-so-kind remark, and I do sincerely apologize for... ABCActionNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328690/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:32:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293184/posts The nation's largest group of atheists and agnostics filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block an architect from engraving "In God We Trust" and the Pledge of Allegiance at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington. The Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation's lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in western Wisconsin, claims the taxpayer-funded engravings would be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion. The House and Senate passed identical resolutions this month directing the Architect of the Capitol to engrave "In God We Trust" and the pledge in prominent places at the entrance for 3 million tourists who visit the Capitol each... Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293184/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:06:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2292671/posts MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin-based anti-religion group is seeking to block an architect from engraving "In God We Trust" and the Pledge of Allegiance at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington. The House and Senate passed resolutions this month directing the Architect of the Capitol to engrave the national motto and the pledge in prominent places at the center, which is the entrance for tourists visiting the Capitol. chicagotribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2292671/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:26:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282852/posts See the video Democrats refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance! In this case, though, the context actually improves the story. This takes place in Albany, where the New York state Senate remains locked in a power struggle in an evenly divided chamber. Rather than an insult to American patriotism, the Democrats here engaged in an insult to the intelligence of New Yorkers: Hot Air.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282852/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:25:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2176441/posts Forty years ago, when there two professional football leagues - the AFL and NFL - arguably the most famous Super Bowl was played in Miami, Florida.Super Bowl III matched the NFL's Baltimore Colts and the AFL's New York Jets.I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at how different the game was presented back then - both in content and , obviously, in technological terms.First, from the original NBC broadcast of January 12, 1969, here is something that has LONG since been eliminated from the pregame festivities .... the Pledge of Allegiance.It was conducted by three of... Roman Around http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2176441/posts#comment Mon, 2 Feb 2009 01:18:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173899/posts A parent in the Clark County School District of Las Vegas, Henderson area reported today that his son, who is in 1st grade, came home yesterday saying that he didn't want to go back to school anymore. When asked why, the boy said that during the Pledge of Allegiance the teacher put up a large image of Obama next to the flag. Thinking that the boy might be exaggerating, the man asked his son if he was sure, and suggested that by "large" he might mean an 8x10 photo of the president. The boy apparently said "No, it is a... News Blaze http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173899/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:42:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2140325/posts <p>ALEXANDRIA, Pa. (AP) - The Rev. George M. Docherty, credited with helping to push Congress to insert the phrase "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance, has died at 97.</p> <p>Docherty died on Thanksgiving at his home in central Pennsylvania, according to his wife, Sue Docherty.</p> AP via Excit News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2140325/posts#comment Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:13:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140234/posts ALEXANDRIA, Pa. — A church official says the clergyman credited with helping to push Congress to insert the phrase "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance has died in Alexandria, Pa. The Rev. George M. Docherty was 97. -snip- Fox news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140234/posts#comment Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:00:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2134638/posts It seems that the Commies in Vermont don’t want to embarrass kids who don’t want to say the Pledge, so they make the ones who do, leave the room. More . . . The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2134638/posts#comment Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:06:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133788/posts Vermont Schools Sends Students Out OF Classroom to Say Pledge of Allegiance Vermont Schools Sends Students Out OF Classroom to Say Pledge of Allegiance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133788/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:33:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133031/posts There is a passionate debate going on in the small Vermont town of Woodbury, regarding the Pledge of Allegiance – but it isn't what you may think. No, this isn’t your garden-variety, everyday, atheistic attempt to remove the “offensive recitation” from school, as we’ve seen on numerous occasions before.This debate has a new twist.It isn’t a “what” issue … it’s a “where” issue.Specifically, it concerns whether or not the Pledge of Allegiance can be said in the classrooms of the school or if it needs to be done in a different place within the school, like the gymnasium.It is a... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133031/posts#comment Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:22:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2112136/posts If we cannot get Drudge or FoxNews to ask any of the important questions swirling around the chosen one, then we all need to get ready for a new Pledge of Dependence: The Pledge of Dependence: Obama, Please Help Us False Idol “I pledge my dependence, to Obama, and the United Nations in Gotham. And to the chamber pot, for which they stand, secular multinational cultures, divisible by race, gender, sexual orientation and income brackets, with reparations, free housing, motorized shopping carts, food and healthcare for all. For Obama is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Omen”... Leooshkosh http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2112136/posts#comment Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:10:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090734/posts An Alaska mayor writes to a California newspaper: “Dear Editor,” Palin wrote in 2002. “San Francisco judges forbidding our Pledge of Allegiance? They will take the phrase ‘under God’ away from me when my cold, dead lips can no longer utter those words.” National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090734/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:58:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071127/posts I just found out late last night that my local public high school is not saying the Pledge of Allegiance at any point during the school day. Is this the norm?? This information came to me via a foreign exchange student we are hosting who is in her senior year of high school at our local public institution. We were talking about her first week of school which commenced 8/27 and she said they have not done the pledge even once yet! She knew what it was, she knows the words - she learned them before coming here. But her... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071127/posts#comment Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:15:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057291/posts BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- A man who wore press credentials and took photographs from a platform interrupted Barack Obama's town-hall meeting Tuesday by shouting complaints that the Democratic presidential candidate had not called for the audience to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Obama invited the heckler to lead the audience in the pledge, and he did. Fox News Cleveland http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057291/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:24:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057060/posts Barack Obama had an awkward moment today at a Town Hall Meeting he was holding, as you see in this video. As he was ready to get underway in his remarks, a person in the crowd began to heckle him, asking that the Pledge of Allegiance be said. Obama induldged the young man, and eventually thanked him publicly for reminding them all that they had not yet said the Pledge. Interesting moment. . . . (see video) Blogs for John McCain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057060/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:18:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057034/posts <p>BEREA, Ohio (AP) - A man who wore press credentials and took photographs from a platform interrupted Barack Obama's town-hall meeting Tuesday by shouting complaints that the Democratic presidential candidate had not called for the audience to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Obama invited the heckler to lead the audience in the pledge, and he did.</p> Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057034/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2008 21:23:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2032180/posts One dhimmi elementary school principal in Oregon has banned the Pledge of Allegiance, so as not to offend Muslims. Slowly they chip away at life as we know it. If this does not stop. Eventually Bibles and all non-Islamic religious symbols will be banned. All for a group of people who have never heard the expression "respect is a two-way street". When will this madness end? http://islaminaction08.blogspot.com/2008/06/oregon-school-bans-pledge-of-allegiance.html Islam in Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2032180/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:22:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029739/posts PORTLAND, Ore. - The exclusion of the Pledge of Allegiance from a southwest Portland elementary school's ceremony has proved upsetting for a local mom. Departing fifth-graders at Capitol Hill Elementary usually open their promotion ceremony with the Pledge of Allegiance - but not this year. "I was sad," said parent Briana Reese. "The flag was sitting up there, you know. Two of the kids went up and they said 'Everybody rise,' and we rose, and I thought for just a second 'Oh yeah, we're going to put our hands on our hearts and we're going to salute the flag' -... KATU.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029739/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:02:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014031/posts Three Minnesota Junior High Students Suspended for Not Standing During Pledge Saturday , May 10, 2008 AP DILWORTH, Minn. — Fourteen-year-old Bishop Edens was suspended from school Friday because he wouldn't stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, but he was quickly invited back once his principal learned that rule might be unconstitutional. The back-and-forth came on the second day of controversy at Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Junior High over the school's policy of requiring students to stand — but not necessarily recite — during the pledge. Edens saw three of his classmates get disciplined by Principal Colleen Houglum on Thursday, so he decided... FOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014031/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 14:30:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013631/posts Did school officials react properly to students who did not stand for the Pledge of Allegiance? Minneapolis RedStar http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013631/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 16:49:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013607/posts Three small-town eighth-graders were suspended for not standing at the start of the school day Thursday for the Pledge of Allegiance. "My son wasn't being defiant against America," said Kim Dahl, mother of one of the students, Brandt, who attends Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Junior High School in western Minnesota. Brandt told the Fargo Forum that Thursday's one-day in-school suspension, "was kind of dumb because I didn't do anything wrong. It should be the people's choice." Kim Dahl said the "punishment didn't fit the crime. If they wanted to know why he didn't stand, they should've made him write a paper." She said... Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013607/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 16:11:15 GMT