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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hated singing that only because I was SO SHY about my (terrible) singing voice!

I'm just open minded about this stuff. My kids say the pledge. They also go to a fantastic Jewish preschool and participate in Shabbat on Fridays, prayers and all (in hebrew) and we are atheist. I think it's so cool. I just don't really "get" the whole "it's immoral to pledge allegiance to something so evil" if you live here. Or the "I whip out boggle during our anthem". Maybe I'm just some hormonal mother sucker but the anthem usually brings a tear to my eye, somehow especially if it's a child singing it. Our country is so far from perfect-- but so am I. Something about being in a huge stadium and seeing so many people standing, hands over heart, some singing- it just gives me hope that just MAYBE we really can come together as one. Or more like one. Or that we can do better. And I think that uniting over SOMETHING is powerful. So when I see these sweet kids, PROUD that they memorized this (my kids are not religious)......it just makes me happy. Maybe I'm just a stupid sap, but I don't see the evil in it. [/quote]

I grew up JW. Here are the reasons they cannot pledge.

http://thejehovahswitnesses.org/flag.php
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Yes, because they are theologically impaired. Thats a whole different issue. [/quote]

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