Monday, March 29, 2004

Another Point of View on the Pledge

As the oral argument in the Pledge of Allegiance case begins to fade into memory, here is an interesting column that asks a good question: why do we need a pledge at all? If the atmosphere of the pledge in school is at all coercive, doesn't that go against the ideal of a free society? In other words, if we must be forced to pledge our allegiance to anything, can that thing really be that great?

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