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Originally posted by jennofay
and it was always (to the best of my knowledge) deemed unconstitutional to force a person to recite the pledge if it is against their religion. with jehovah's witnesses, as i stated in my previous post, it is because the pledge is seen as flag worship, and their god has said that they should worship nothing but himself. i dont have any links to any stories or anything to back this up, but i can locate some if there is interest.
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If I understand the religion, Islam would forbid the pledge too, as it forbids pledging yourself to anyone but Allah.
I'm sure there is a way around the "requirement" for religious reasons, but I bet they make you jump through a bunch of hoops.
06-30-2002, 02:32 AM
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