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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread
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To: jlallen who started this subject12/13/2001 1:17:40 PM
From: Karin  Read Replies (4) of 59480
 
Pledge of Allegiance Under Attack Again
With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001
Left-wing intolerance and censorship never end, do they? Here's yet the latest example of P.C. idiocy:

A Virginia man is trying to censor recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools because, he claims, the words exclude foreigners and "offend" some people.

Edward Myers, a software engineer from Sterling, has filed a "civil rights" petition with the U.S. Justice Department to dump the pledge in favor of patriotic songs and sayings that are neutral to religion and citizenship and thus more "inclusive," the Washington Times reported today.

"The pledge is being sold as a uniform activity, but the problem is it is not inclusive of those who are foreign nationals. Certain religious groups also oppose it because it pledges allegiance to something other than their god," Myers whined.

"While I am not thrilled about the national anthem as an option, it would be better than the pledge because there is a difference between respecting another country and bowing in allegiance to it."

He is urging students to boycott the pledge every Friday.

Loudoun County school board member John A. Andrews told the Times he did not see what the "brouhaha is about.

"What will it be next? That we are not supposed to sing 'God Bless America'? I don't know where something like that ends," he said.

newsmax.com
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