From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Thu Jun 27 2002 - 21:45:16 MDT
Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
> I don't have a good reference for it, but the TV news reports
> seem to suggest that the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to
> support the current Pledge of Allegiance.
>
Fortunately the constitutionality of a practice is not subject
to a vote of the US Senate. The addition of the "under God" in
the pledge and the "in God we Trust" on money is quite fairly
recent - 1950s for the latter. It is not like it is soom deep
essential of a free country like ours was intended to be.
> Extropians in the U.S. should be writing rather harsh
> letters to their representatives asking them precisely
> what evidence there is that we are "under god" and/or
> why we should pledge allegiance to a nation that believes
> in a potentially ficticious entity.
>
Actually they should be writing harsh letter asking them if they
understand that their vote is irrelevant to the constitutional
question involved. I would hope that senators understand that.
They could then ask them whether they believe they are elected
to grandstand "gee whiz" positions rather than to do the jobs
that are really theirs. That should be followed up with asking
what they are doing to actually protect our freedoms, especially
in the wake of 911 hysteria.
- samantha
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