Pledge of Allegiance Bill

[Joe Republic]

I'm obviously in favor of this.

*shouts from the audience gallery:*

Me too! 

[Joe Republic]

This seems to be going well.  Nobody has really provided a valid argument against this bill, including the three senators who were so keen to stifle any debate on it.

[Joe Republic]

I think of it like this.  Many people pray to God most days, if not very day.  Let's imagine that the government has come up with a scripted prayer to be said simultaneously with other people, and has 'suggested' when it should be said too.  Which makes more sense: the people abide by the government's own prayer and recite it daily so that the words have no personal relevance to yourself or God any more; or you choose to forget that scripted prayer, and pray to God in whatever way you choose, whenever you want.

That's the best analogy I can come up with.

[Joe Republic]

And why didn't you take part in any of the debate?

[Joe Republic]

If I am permitted to vote on this, I will officially abstain, as I was not in the Senate for this debate, and thus a vote in the affirmative or the negative would be less than completely educated.

You can still read the thread.