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Old 06-26-2002, 10:29 AM   #1
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Talking Pledge not constitutional!!!

MSNBC just reported that a Judge in L.A. declared the "pledge of allegiance" unconstitutional due to it's "under god" phrase and should not be used in school because it endorses a religous view point.
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Old 06-26-2002, 10:34 AM   #2
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I just caught it a couple minutes ago and the fundies at FOX are already in a tizzy.

I`ll definately watch Hannity and Colmes tonight as theres a good chance that this will Hannity so angry that his head might explode.
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There's a parallel <a href="http://iidb.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=59&t=000271" target="_blank">thread</a> in the C/S forum.
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Old 06-26-2002, 12:07 PM   #4
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Check out <a href="http://iidb.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=59&t=000271" target="_blank">a ruling on the constitutionality of the pledge</a>.

Edited to add that Mageth did it first .

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