My post on the pledge decision.
Jun. 18th, 2004 04:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I said I'd post it, and I meant it.
I don't like this ruling. Not because I disagree with it (I think the actual decision was correct, he does NOT have the right to bring a case for his daughter when she is not the one with the grievance), but because they completely avoided answering the question at hand. And, of course, some people are going nuts over this:
In a written statement, Attorney General John Ashcroft praised the ruling, saying it "ensures that school children in every corner of America can start their day by voluntarily reciting the Pledge of Allegiance."
1. Sorry, Jonny, but it doesn't do that. It just put off the case for another few years. Despite what some people ignorantly believe, this case not only has come by before, but it will come by again. And again. And again.
2. *cracks up* Why the fuck can't these school children voluntarily recite the PoA at home, then? If it's so important to their parents, wouldn't their parents make them pledge every day before leaving the house? Why don't you expect adults to do this? I'm not even bringing up the question of voluntarily, because that's a lie. Even when people know they're allowed not to say it, the pressure is from all angles to fit in. That's not voluntary.
I don't like this ruling. Not because I disagree with it (I think the actual decision was correct, he does NOT have the right to bring a case for his daughter when she is not the one with the grievance), but because they completely avoided answering the question at hand. And, of course, some people are going nuts over this:
In a written statement, Attorney General John Ashcroft praised the ruling, saying it "ensures that school children in every corner of America can start their day by voluntarily reciting the Pledge of Allegiance."
1. Sorry, Jonny, but it doesn't do that. It just put off the case for another few years. Despite what some people ignorantly believe, this case not only has come by before, but it will come by again. And again. And again.
2. *cracks up* Why the fuck can't these school children voluntarily recite the PoA at home, then? If it's so important to their parents, wouldn't their parents make them pledge every day before leaving the house? Why don't you expect adults to do this? I'm not even bringing up the question of voluntarily, because that's a lie. Even when people know they're allowed not to say it, the pressure is from all angles to fit in. That's not voluntary.
