Essays Tagged: "Pledge of Allegiance"
Tribalism vs. Nationalism
on-states butaround a new form of tribes sharing the same culture and values. It's aworld where you pledge allegiance not to a republic, but to a clan.That possibility isn't too far-fetched when you t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
The case Engle vs Vitale
essings upon us, our parents, teachers, and our country.' (Hass, 7). This prayer is followed by The Pledge of Allegiance. No one though much of this 'prayer', it was just a part of normal school life. ... that it was not a specific religion that approved the prayer, and that it is the same as saying the Pledge of Allegiance, and singing the national anthem, etc. I disagree with Stewart, as a prayer has ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases
Comparing Feudal System to Caste System
only be one varna. In Feudalism, one could be a lord and a vassal at the same time one person could pledge allegiance to more than one lord at a time. Also, in the Caste system of India, the most impo ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
This essay is about Prayer in Schools. It covers the two controvercial sides of public schools vs. private schools.
Christian based, prayer on a daily basis was a natural part of public school, just like saying the Pledge of Allegiance it's just what everyone did. President John F. Kennedy, the country's first Cat ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
American freedom.
o demonstrate his or her loyalty. Whatever the veracity of the citizen's feeling while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, the fact remains that true feeling cannot be incorporated into the pledge with ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
The First Amendment.
y child chose to pray in school I don't see a reason why she shouldn't, the same thing goes for the Pledge of Allegiance. That has been a tradition of our country for years; I myself have pride in it. ... self have pride in it. If any child in school were to feel uncomfortable with saying or hearing the Pledge of Allegiance they should just step out of the classroom. I just don't see a reason to ban it ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
An article citing the reasons the line "under god" should be removed from the pledge of allegiance.
...One Nation, Uh, Indivisible...Two words in the Pledge of Allegiance - "under god" - have sparked a firestorm from the schools of California to the ... subject. However, it is clear that the phrase is unconstitutional, and removing it will restore the Pledge to its original meaning.The most obvious contention against the "under god" clause is that it ... es the Constitutional separation of church and state. Mandating young children in public schools to pledge their allegiance to a nation "under god" is an unmistakable confirmation of a governmental be ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Justice
ts taken away.In 1892, Francis Bellamy wrote the words for a play for Columbus Day that included "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with lib ... ws, while a country must serve justice by punishing those who do not.BibliographyBaer, John. (1992)"Pledge of Allegiance." Retrieved from theWorld Wide Web: http://history.vineyard.net/pledge.htm.Dubo ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Differences of The Preamble of the Constitutuion, to the Pledge of Allegiance
Pledge vs. PreambleThere are many things that give you an idea how the Preamble to the Constitution ... they are making to the United States. They both promise different thing, but are similar.First, the Pledge of Allegiance is like a promise in a way. It also sounds like a prayer that you say in church ... s like a promise in a way. It also sounds like a prayer that you say in church. The way you say the Pledge is as if you are saluting the flag. The Pledge is also said on a daily basis mainly by studen ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Conflicting Views: Separation of Church and State
portrays religion. The government is not forcing specific religion upon us by school prayers or the Pledge of Allegiance. The First Amendment, interpreted differently by many people, was set up to giv ... nds that it violated the United States Constitution. June of 2002 a California court ruled that the Pledge of Allegiance violated the first amendment by using the words "under God." Many of today's la ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Blanket of flags: What the flag really stands for
as treason. For example, Sahramaa's says, "The Madison School Board decided to eliminate saying the pledge of allegiance...wanted to avoid students of different backgrounds to feel uncomfortable...ins ... umental version of the Star-Spangled Banner played than why not allow it to be done. Not saying the Pledge of the Allegiance doesn't mean people are against America and everything that represents Amer ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Harry Potter Controversy
hen the schools system was involved with the issue of religion was when they were trying to ban the Pledge of Allegiance because of the words "under God". After that issue, I thought they were trying ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Federal Court Ruling and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Federal Court Rulings.A Federal Appeals Court ruled two to one that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional in public schools because of the phrase "one nation under G ... 's history: a legal challenge to include the phrase "under God" in public school recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance.A surprising number of Americans felt that the judges had a good point, that th ... prising number of Americans felt that the judges had a good point, that the reference to God in the pledge was an inappropriate endorsement of religion. Zirkel (2003) states, atheists and agnostics ar ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Elvis Presley
s. I hope that you will continue to take pride in our flag and our country. Don't just think of the pledge of allegiance as something you have to do, think of it as something you should want to do; to ... e men and women who died for each and every one of us, and our country. I hope you will continue to pledge with your hand over your heart. And please don't allow our freedom and rights to just fade aw ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Definition Essay: Freedom
t freedom, responsibility, right and wrong, and consequences of their actions. My children know the Pledge of Allegiance even though they do not say it in school anymore, as they should. If kids were ... ugh they do not say it in school anymore, as they should. If kids were reminded daily by saying the Pledge, they would know to respect it and the freedom it stands for.In many countries, they have no ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
The book, Distant Mirrors: America as a Foreign Culture, is
t have a flag flying at your home. It is also almost required to rise at the National Anthem or the Pledge of Allegiance. If you refuse to do so you will be looked down upon for disrespecting your cou ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
A God’s Nation
ion under God shall have a new birth of freedom?(Haynes 1). The words "under God" were added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 to show the world the big contrast between the United States of America ... e United States of America and the Communist countries. In June 2002, the phrase ?under God? in the Pledge of Allegiance was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Court of Appeals because it violated ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Military Transition: Civlian to Soldier
n. I get a lump in my throat every time I hear the National Anthem, or the Star Spangled Banner, or Pledge Allegiance. My inner feelings inspired me to risk my life for our country, so I followed my p ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Thomas Paine's Impact on American Independence Compared to the Battle of Saratoga
osing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island." He also argued that it made no sense to pledge allegiance to a king whose government was corrupted and whose laws were unreasonable. Thomas ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking
earn what the illegal immigrants have to learn to become a U.S. Citizen. I was not born knowing the Pledge of Allegiance I had to learn it. I did not know our constitution, it was taught to me in scho ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues