The pledge

why not? most people will not give up there cable TV and car payment for it, but that is a far cry from can't. homrschooling is not any more expensive than public chool, the libary has most of the books you need, and yes my famley has tryed it.
 
The constitution isn't the only document that is law. It can be interpreted in different ways, this is why we have courts. I previously mentioned someone had challenged the pledge and won. These are some excerpts from the letter with relevant court cases.

From the Federal 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, the 1973 case of Goetz v. Ansell is specific on the issue of whether students are required to stand . It allows non-participating students who do not wish to engage in the flag salute to engage in "a silent, non-disruptive expression of belief by sitting down" and does not require them to leave the classroom.


The 1970 Florida case of Banks v. Board of Public Instruction also establishes that standing is "no less a gesture of acceptance and respect than is the salute or the utterance of the worRAB of allegiance."


The Maryland Supreme Court itself also decided that students objecting to the salute of the flag were not required to stand. The 1971 case of the State of Maryland v. Lundquist invalidated a state requirement that students who object to daily patriotic exercises stand while the rest of the class recites the pledge.
 
Nil Sine Numine - Colorado 1861
Ditat Deus - Arizona 1864
With God, all things are possible - Ohio 1959, upheld by 6th U.S. Court of Appeals 2001.
In God we trust - Florida 1868
South Dakota: "Under God, The People Rule." 1889
Deo gratiam habeamus" (Let us be grateful to God) - Kentucky 2002
 
Apparently, you have paid no attention to this debate. Zachvac said, "The school policy for me up until 2 years ago was that we were forced to stand. " How was it an insult to ask him what grade he was in?

That is by no means an insult. Maybe you weren't as well-read as you claim you were.
 
I think you guys (especially emclean) misunderstood what I meant by most people can't afford homeschooling. It isn't about buying books or other supplies, its about taking the time out of their lives (out of their jobs) to do it. Most people can't afford to quit their jobs to homeschool. It's not nearly as simple as you are making it out to be Duo. Also Duo, you totally missed my original point. Many don't have a choice no matter how much you want to tell yourself otherwise. Yes private schools have scholarships, but nt enough for everyone and also many private schools are very selective about the kind of people they let in, if you catch my drift.
 
Oh, come now, don't be obtuse. And blind. Now you're just arguing for the sake of disagreement, because you refuse to see the Constitution as it actually reaRAB.

Several specific religions are respected... namely the ones who believe in "God", as opposed to Allah, or the Earth Goddess, or Buddha, or the Great Pumkin...et cetera.

Namely Christianity, Catholocism, and the Jewish religion.

And besides all of that, it respects a general establishment of religion itself, when not all of us even want ANY religion!
 
Try doing that during the pledge, see what happens. I was just answering to someone who said that the pledge taught history and citizenship. I disagree.
 
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