The pendulum swings back: Now students are fighting for the Pledge of Allegiance to be made mandatory once again.
A child of two immigrants is leading a charge in the General Assembly to require our children in state schools to recite the Pledge of Allegiance...Apex [NC] sophomore, Julian Quesada is on a mission, pushing lawmakers to pass legislation that would require students to recite the pledge. "I think it will instill in their minds a sense of national self preservation which I think might be lacking in this country as a whole in the youth of America."Quesada has no shortage of patriotism. He is a first generation American taught to honor his country from his Costa Rican father and Argentinean mother, Adriana Quesada. "We've always instilled in him, both our boys, you don't take things for granted. This is a privilege to live here."
This fascinating sentence is included: "If the law passes...if the pledge goes against your religious beliefs, the law [will be] structured that those students would have a choice." Which is going to start up the whole "Under God" brouhaha again, but I suppose that's unavoidable.
(Via Dissecting Leftism.)
Posted by kswygert at April 20, 2005 10:26 AM