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Pledge of Allegiance should not be revised it has stood the test of time in the United States, and has been existent for nearly as long as this country has. There are countless people who have recited its words throughout the course of this country's existence. It is an integral part of this country. There is no reason sufficient enough to revise the Pledge of Allegiance, least of all because it states that country is one nation under God.
There are a number of reasons as to the validity of the aforementioned claim. Firstly, God has always played a vital role in the sort of patriotic propaganda that this country has always embraced. The back of the dollar bill explicitly states "In God We Trust." There are no huge movements to revise that slogan, mostly because it is innocuous as most beliefs in God are. There is a similar degree of innocuousness associated with the reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance. Moreover, the crux of the Pledge of Allegiance is that those who recite it are stating their allegiance to the United States. The part of the pledge that states that the country is one nation under god could have just as easily stated that it was a single nation under the sky, or the stars and the sun. The important part is that it is one nation, and one nation that the individual is issuing his or her allegiance to. There are very few ramifications about the pledge's reference...
Viewed from this perspective, most of the other details regarding this pledge are simply symbols. For instance, the flag referenced in the pledge is merely a symbol of the country to which someone is pledging allegiance. Moreover, that nation that the individual is pledging to is one that indivisible -- a fact which again underscores the notion that it is the nation's solidarity that the pledge is actually concerned with. The reference to God is merely one of the details that supports the principle ideal of a country founded in solidarity, and which hopes to propagate that solidarity.
Perhaps the most convincing backing for the underlying values that the Pledge of Allegiance is actually about loyalty to a nation founded in solidarity and that the reference to God is just a mere details is the characterization of the nation as identified in this pledge. The U.S.A. is described in this pledge as a republic. One must truly understand the implications of that word. A true republic is almost egalitarian in nature -- there is a degree…
Pledge Revision Argument Summary "Why the Pledge of Allegiance Should be Revised" - by: Gwen Wilde In this article makes an appeal to attack on of America's pledge of allegiance which is generally recited by looking at an American flag while holding the right hand over the hart. On one hand the pledge is deeply engrained into the culture of the United States. However, on the other hand, the wording contained in the
Historical Issues In Modern Education There are numerous issues seeded in a Greek civilization, rooting down to the contemporary world; for instance Gender Equity, home schooling, Pledge of allegiance, Unions and collective bargaining just to name a few. Each of the issues would be addressed in due course. Most notably gender bias as practiced by the Greeks is the major parasitical issue in all avenues of education. A study commissioned by the
To combat subjectivity, he called for interpretation to be subject to church authority, which was the voice of reason. Reardon (1981) echoes this interpretation: "Hooker sets out to refute the puritan contention that in religion holy scripture affords the sole and absolute authority and rule" (p. 280). Hooker shows that the narrow principle of sola scriptura "disregards the larger context of the divine law in creation within which even
U.S. National Strategy What three United States national interests do you think will be at great risk over the next five years? Describe those interests and identify which instruments of national power can be leveraged to protect or advance those national interests and how those instruments can be used. As President Obama stated in his addresses to Congress in February 2009, the most important problem that the country faced was the economy,
The ruling stated that, since the moment of silence was for the purpose of advancing religion, it was unconstitutional. This was evidently a case-specific ruling however, and the fact is that the Court has not ruled that this moment of silence may always be unconstitutional. There are multiple court rulings in other jurisdictions that have ruled the moment of silence allowable if it passes the test of not advancing
His plan to create a black regiment in the South failed, but black regiments were created during the war, and some of them were vital to certain battles and victories. Perhaps the most notable black regiment formed during the war was the 1st Rhode Island Regiment, which has become legendary in the fight for freedom. Colonel Christopher Greene commanded the Regiment, and it was one of only three black regiments