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I thought God Save the Queen was outdated and over-the-top 
Do kids still have to swear this every day in school?
Do kids still have to swear this every day in school?
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Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
"I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, Firaxis -
They stand up at the very least."Let us kill the English! Their concept of individual rights could undermine the power of our beloved tyrants!"
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No, they don't have to stand up... they can refuse and keep seated.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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But it's still recited (?) by the school as a whole?Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
"I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, FiraxisComment
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
No, they don't have to stand up... they can refuse and keep seated.
They don't have to stand up, but in all my years of school, I don't remember a teacher that would really let them stay seated, or any student that did stay seated."Let us kill the English! Their concept of individual rights could undermine the power of our beloved tyrants!"
~Lisa as Jeanne d'ArcComment
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In my schools in California we never did the pledge."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "Comment
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I used to have to recite the pledge allegiance to the US flag when I was at school.
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
Wow, I still remember it.
One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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Woohoo! Frrrrreeeedom!!Originally posted by Kyle
They don't have to stand up, but in all my years of school, I don't remember a teacher that would really let them stay seated, or any student that did stay seated.
may not apply in situations where celebrating freedomConcrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
"I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, FiraxisComment
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Originally posted by Asher
In my schools in California we never did the pledge.
California isn't really part of the US
RAHIt's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
RIP Tony Bogey & Baron OComment
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My daughter never had to in her schools - nobody she knows (in Cali or in other states) have either.
I remember doing it in Texas as a kid, way back, but even in a lot of schools I went to (30 years ago give or take) we never bothered with it.When all else fails, blame brown people. | Hire a teen, while they still know it all. | Trump-Palin 2016. "You're fired." "I quit."Comment
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i had to do it through 8th grade. and that was 5 and a half years ago. i'm pretty sure they still do it tooComment
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Damn Connecticut schools.
One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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What is it supposed to acheive? I really don't see the point...Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
"I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, FiraxisComment
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I remember doing it in my younger days, but I can't remember a single time after 4th grade or so.
Interestingly, "under God" was thrown into the Pledge during the '50s, 1954 if I remember correctly. Around the same time "In God We Trust" was put on our paper money. You know, in order to smoke out those godless commies.
"My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
"The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund FreudComment
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It was the winning entry in a patriotic magazine contest.Comment
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