Revised Pledge of Allegiance Options

[Yannick]

This is what my friends and I do in our spare time..

I'm personally trying to get this bull removed from our schools, by whatever means possible. Written by my friend Chris and I.

I pledge no allegiance to the flag of the Divided States of Embarrassment, and to the religion that stole the nation, 300 million people, under Fox News, with intolerance and bigotry for all.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/note.php...49&comments
http://the-fragged-mind.blogspot.com/2009/...allegiance.html

[Pikasyuu]

You would be surprised how many times this argument has been dealt with in schools - and I'm sure if it wasn't the pledge, or Izzy's idea somehow made all administrative personnel into open minded liberals who all marched down to Washington with a ~song in their heart~ and her on their shoulders cheering and ready to burn down churches*, it would become something else Theism related. Then, once all of the schools have banned any reference to any/a supreme being existing, Izzy will grow up and have talk of a God banned in America by saying they were all stupid and/or oppressing her.

I'm sorry, this just sounds exactly like the old religion thread, and I have noticed that your obsession with God/Theists hasn't died down if your FB statuses are any indication. It isn't at all likely that the pledge will be removed or that you are the first person who has done this. I agree with kids having a cause, but I feel like your ideas behind the cause and the plausibility of the cause null any profit that could come of it - and one school is a very small scale. If you wanted your idea to catch on, you would have to cast a much wider net, otherwise it seems like, 'Okay, I don't have to say the pledge, no one else has to say it, I'm going to sit here in satisfaction that at least it isn't ME and envision you all CRYING because of what I have done to your precious beliefs that I do not agree with!!'

Preferably in a mature way that seems a bit less like you're flailing your arms and screaming "Look at me! I'm such a rebel!" just for the sake of seeming edgy.
^what candice said sums up a lot of how this sounds.

Have you ever considered putting this kind of time and energy into, say, cancer research?

*yeah, it sounds harsh, but again, that is exactly how you come off when it comes to religion.

eta: this was posted on Izzy's fb pledge thread to point it out, but she can't say this pledge either because of: with intolerance and bigotry for all, what with her being so intolerant of Theists.