Okay now... Let me clarify... The feds should not force anyone to say the pledge but schools should have the right to say the pledge. School districts should have a right to decicde on their own if they do or don't.
Show me where it is currently federal law to require students to say the pledge?
I think, World Leader Pretend, that you are confusing a case in which there was a law (recently strucken down) that said schools 'COULD' allow students to say the pledge... This is a MUCH different thing... It means that if a certain school district made it a policy, then THOSE kids would say it. It ALSO means that other districts would be free to NOT say the pledge if thats how they decide.
This sounds like diversity to me... But it was denied by the Supreme Court (9th circuit at it again) ...
The House of Reps (not really Bush) has been trying to allow schools to voluntarily say the pledge for a long time. What is usually at issue is not the mandatory nature of it but the words "Under God". I understand opposition to this. The original pledge didn't say it.
Check out: "http://www.americasdebate.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11167"
Also Check out: "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance"
This is mostly a knee-jerk issue anyway.
One other thing... Bush does not make laws, Congress does. There is a whole other world out there outside of moveon.org...
JTA
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