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Old 06-30-2010, 01:29 PM
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Here's a fly in the ointment...

What about the children of LEGAL aliens? Specifically non-resident aliens, working legally in this country but still citizens of another. ...and this is why you do it silently. It would be rather awkward to have one kid singing "God Save The Queen" while others were going for the Star Spangled Banner. (I know, anthems are different from the Pledge but I don't know what countries have something analagous to the Pledge)

This is an example of not thinking things through - heck, this didn't occur to me until just now. Previously I was against forced participation in the Pledge for different reasons (forcing someone to demonstrate patriotism is not patriotic, etc).

And, for the record, yes, I recite the Pledge from time to time (some meetings here start with it but that's a military policy) and I leave out the part they added in 1954.