Comments on: Michigan Schools Wont Get Pledge Bill Soon https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/08/michigan-schools-wont-get-pledge-bill-soon/ Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:14:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: celebrity news https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/08/michigan-schools-wont-get-pledge-bill-soon/#comment-18053 Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:14:46 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1536#comment-18053 celebrity news…

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]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/08/michigan-schools-wont-get-pledge-bill-soon/#comment-18052 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:36:30 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1536#comment-18052 Gregory, there are many reasons to oppose this law ( eg. http://goo.gl/WTNsR ) however the constitutionality seems to not be so much of an option any more for several reasons. We have a law like this already in Minnesota, and no one seems to be challenging it. Apparently, telling kids that they can opt out if they want is all you need to do.

]]> By: Gregory https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/08/michigan-schools-wont-get-pledge-bill-soon/#comment-18051 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:59:22 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1536#comment-18051 So Michigan wants to overturn the United States Supreme Court, who ruled in 1943 in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette that “compulsory unification of opinion” was a direct violation of the First Amendment?

]]> By: nedchamplain https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/08/michigan-schools-wont-get-pledge-bill-soon/#comment-18050 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:41:59 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1536#comment-18050 I pledge allegience, to the flag of my country, and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation, with liberty and justice for all. The original pledge without the changes made by Congress.

]]> By: Irreverend Bastard https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/08/michigan-schools-wont-get-pledge-bill-soon/#comment-18049 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:13:50 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1536#comment-18049 Just like airport security theatre, where it’s more important that people feel safe than actually be safe.

It’s more important that the people feel free, than to be free.

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