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The purpose of teaching religion in school is to foster cultural understanding.  How can we possibly form meaningful connections with people of different religions if we don't understand their points of view?

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Maybe we should let the individual decide whether or not his country is worthy of his pride.

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Nothing inherently.  However, if not kept in check, it can foster conflict between nations.

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Yes.

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You're right.  Pledging allegiance to one's nation is not inherently a bad thing.  The problem is that we are spreading it by indoctrination rather than genuine sentiment.

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Such a law does not exist.  The first amendment ensures that such a law will never exist.  You're not breaking the law.

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Well, yes, we are headed for socialism and have been for quite a while, but I think a lot of people have misconceptions about what socialism is.  Socialism is just an economic structure. 

[quote=tommie gorman]Then why are religions taught in school then?  undecided [/quote]

The religion taught in schools is taught from a strictly educational perspective.  It doesn't teach kids which religions are "right" or "wrong." 

[quote name='tommie gorman]I don't blame it on the schools' date=' they do not make the rulings, the supreme court made most of them. They are the ones who need a brain check on those ignorant rules.  knuppel2[/quote']

Actually, you should be blaming it on the founding fathers the country in which you so openly take pride. 

Perhaps I should let [url=http://www.au.org/site/DocServer/Thomas_Jeffersons_Letter_To_The_Danburry_Baptists.pdf?docID=142]Thomas Jefferson do the speaking.[/url]

... or [url=http://www.unca.edu/ncccr/cfs/instructor_pages/wiley_bob/Wiley%20-%20Sum08%20-%20Survey%20of%20Liberalism%20-%20Wk%204%20-%20Madison.pdf]James Madison[/url].  (Everyone should read this one.)

[quote=tommie gorman]For the love of ... what was the pledge of allegiance in the morning to the US flag hurting anyway?[/quote]

Nothing except the minds of the children.  If you can say the pledge and mean it, power to you.  However, schools have children memorizing and reciting the pledge well before they can actually understand it.  Sounds like nationalist brainwashing to me.

[quote name='tommie gorman]Heck I pray for every meal I partake of for lunch with my girls' date=' yep even when I do my monthly lunch date with them at school. We pray in the school. Right there in the cafeteria. And guess what, no one says anything. My oldest does it whether I sit with her or not.[/quote']

Again, more power to you.  As an individual, you have every right to do this.  The school, however, as a state establishment, has no right to endorse religion.

It scares me that we have been adding about seven million people each month for the last year.  For reference, the estimated population of Los Angeles as of July 1, 2007 was 3,834,340.

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Unless, of course, you're a teacher.