Court won't review Fla. Pledge of Allegiance law

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal to review a Florida law that requires public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance each day unless they have their parents' written permission excusing them.

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Judge rules Texas pledge may reference God

A federal judge has dismissed the claims of a parent who wanted to remove the words "under God" from the Texas pledge of allegiance recited each morning by public schoolchildren.

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Calif. GOP reprimands 6 lawmakers over tax votes

The California Republican Party has approved a measure reprimanding six GOP lawmakers who voted for the largest tax increase in state history.

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Analysis: Obama challenges are clear, remedies not

After the familiar salutation to "my fellow citizens" and a polite thank-you to the man he replaced, President Barack Obama got right to the point.

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Vt. town grows divisible over Pledge of Allegiance

No one is sure when daily recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance fell by the wayside at Woodbury Elementary School.

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'60s Alum Finally Joins His Fraternity

Purdue University's Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity is correcting a more than 40-year-old mistake by kicking it old school this weekend.

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Councilman Refuses to Stand for Pledge

One person suggested that City Councilman Tom Rawles be taken out back and beaten. Another said someone should put a bullet in his head, and a third that he should be buried in the cement his construction company uses.

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House OKs Bill Guarding Pledge From Courts

The House, citing the nation's religious origins, voted Wednesday to protect the Pledge of Allegiance from federal judges who might try to stop schoolchildren and others from reciting it because of the phrase "under God."

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A Short History of the Pledge of Allegiance

After the Civil War, concerns about immigration and a changing culture raised an interest in having schoolchildren honor the American flag.

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Alarmed lawmakers said Wednesday they plan to push through legislation next year to try to prevent overuse of mind-altering drugs by foster children after the apparent suicide of a 7-year-old boy last April.

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A Florida high-schooler refused to stand and repeat The Pledge of Alligiance, sparking a legal fight. An appeals court panel did not rule his way, and now the Supreme Court will not get involved either.

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Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez railed against the West on Saturday, pledging to deepen their ties and stand together against the United States and world powers the two perceive as imperialistic.

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SPRING HILL — Heather Lawrence didn't know the name of the girl with the Muslim head covering, or where she was from.

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A man acquitted in the so-called "Liberty City Seven" case says when the group took a pledge to al-Qaida, "nobody had their hearts in it," according to a newspaper interview published Sunday.

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Most of us have no clue about the actual cost of our medical care until the bills arrive, because hospitals and doctors don't publish their charges. The cost of insurance goes up and up, with fewer services covered.

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Horse owners will have to sign a pledge not to eat their animals under new EU legislation, it has been reported.

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Sean Hannity promised on his show last week that he'd endure waterboarding if it was done to benefit the troops and their families.

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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Members Charged With Hazing See more irresistible headlines

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I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. – Barack Obama, Sept.12, 2008 Dover, NH

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Please leave your comments at the bottom of this page...Thanks and Have a Great Day and please vote

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Andrew Breitbart's opinion of the new pledge to Obama from celebrities. This is a bit of an eye opener to the I PLedge video if you are not familiar.

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A History of the Pledge of Allegiance.

The colonists declared independence in 1776. The war was fought until 1783. The first government was established in 1789.

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A couple authors have their say.

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Under God mourns the loss of the minister who persuaded President Eisenhower and Congress in 1954 to insert into the Pledge of Allegiance the phrase "under God" -- an idea whose time was then.

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Seventy-seven percent (77%) of U.S. voters say school children should say the Pledge of Allegiance every morning at school, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 13% say they should not, and nine percent (9%) are undecided.

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Biblical Reasons to Remove God from the Pledge

There aren't any biblical reasons to deny God his due. After all, it's said that if people do not praise Him then the very rocks will cry out.

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Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama just made several commitments at the Clinton Global Initiative, happening now in New York City. One of them is going to help Nothing But Nets achieve our goal of covering the continent with bed nets!

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The ACLU sued Florida because a teacher berated a 17 year old student for not standing in class during the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Commit to not taking a plastic/paper bags from stores when you purchase something, for a week.J We'd love your experiences with carrying out this pledge, and your opinions and suggestions. You can email us at greenissuessg@gmail.com

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Three Students are suspended for not standing during the Pledge of Allegiance.

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The Conservative blogosphere says that Barack Obama isn't patriotic enough to be President because he was photographed without his hand over his heart during the National Anthem.

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Flag Pledge History

I'm one of those non-conformists that's silent during the "under God" part of the pledge.

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Dr. Marion D. Thorpe, Jr., Congressional Candidate for Florida's 23rd District, solemnly pledges to serve the People's best interests in Congressional District 23 during the entirety of his tenure within the U.S. House Of Representatives.

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I, Dr. Marion Dennis Thorpe, Jr., do solemnly pledge to work tirelessly on your behalf and to reach out to you long after the dust settles from the November 4, 2008 Congressional District 23 election.

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