Oedipus: Why should any American citizen (not in public office, court or military) be required to say any oath or pledge. That itself is a violation of one of the Constitutions cornerstones; freedom of speech. 
When you freedom of speech conflicts with limitation of thought (only rabid religious patriotic thinking allowed), which do you think takes precedence.
sling322: If you had beliefs religious or otherwise that made you feel like you didnt need to say it, you didnt have to. You just kinda stood there and didnt say nothing. Accordig to the law, children are not capable of making decisions - hence they cannot possibly give consent to sex, vote, buy alcohol, tobacco, drive vehicles, etc.
if these folks have such strong anti-pledge of allegiance beliefs, then why are they letting a little peer pressure force them into reciting something that they dont want to recite? Not anti-allegiance, just anti-religion. Anyway, we do have resistance to peer pressure, the children do not - that is why they are children. It's not just the size difference, you know...
miko
