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From the 80th Legislature
HB 1034
Add "under god" to state flag pledge.
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by MEGABITE on Feb 1, 2007 14:42:28
When does anyone ever pledge allegiance to the state flag anyway?
by aajoeyjojo on May 9, 2007 6:59:18
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Texas Flag is said daily in some public schools in Texas. So to answer the obvious question, "Who is this bill aimed at?" the young impressionable students in Texas public schools.
Like others, this bill is both unnecessary and violative of the US Constitutional separation of church from state. Like the federal Pledge, it would be marred and invalidated to millions of people if tainted with this kind of ugly evangelical religion. We don't all want to live UNDER someone else's fantasies. That is un-American. Keep religion totally out of government, and this issue doesn't need to come up. Yet here we are.
Joe Zamecki
Austin
by aajoeyjojo on May 9, 2007 6:59:54
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Texas Flag is said daily in some public schools in Texas. So to answer the obvious question, "Who is this bill aimed at?" the young impressionable students in Texas public schools.
Like others, this bill is both unnecessary and violative of the US Constitutional separation of church from state. Like the federal Pledge, it would be marred and invalidated to millions of people if tainted with this kind of ugly evangelical religion. We don't all want to live UNDER someone else's fantasies. That is un-American. Keep religion totally out of government, and this issue doesn't need to come up. Yet here we are.
Joe Zamecki
Austin
by MEGABITE on May 14, 2007 14:50:14
Where exactly in the Constitution is the
separation of church
and state stated?
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Summary
HB 1034 adds the phrase "under god" to the state pledge.Background
The pledge of allegiance to the state flag is: "Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one and indivisible."This bill would change it to "The pledge of allegiance to the state flag is: "Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God and indivisible."
The legislature recently voted to added "In God We Trust" to the trappings of the legislative chamber.
The bill passed the House 124-12.
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