POLL: Do We Need a State Law Requiring Pledge of Allegiance in Schools?
House will consider joining Senate to make daily ceremonies mandatory.
We’re one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all – a familiar phrase that some state legislators believe should be a required way for students to start each day. The House Education Committee on Wednesday passed a bill to mandate Pledge of Allegiance ceremonies daily in public elementary and secondary schools. Students still could choose not to recite it. A companion proposal, also sent to the full House, would require an American flag in each classroom. "It's about the foundation of our country," Committee Chair Lisa Posthumus Lyons, a Republican, is quoted by Mlive Media Group as saying after this week’s vote. "It gets students thinking about the United States and what we stand for." Democrats joined Republicans in voting …
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David Waggoner
8:05 pm on Friday, June 15, 2012
This is just a political trick. Let kids say "and to the REPUBLIC, for which it stands" over and over again, so that whenit comes time to vote, they will associate the word with REPUBLICAN and thus vote that way in the future. Democrats will look unpatriotic if they vote against it. This should be handled at the district level. And most schools I know already say it. more ›