ext_37407 ([identity profile] skew-whiff.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] preussisch_blau 2008-09-28 07:27 pm (UTC)

Ooh, interesting topic, this one. And, for the most part, I agree with you.
Caveat before reading onwards - I'm almost certainly not as well-versed in the American political system as you are.
But anyway. I find the entire concept of a Pledge of Allegiance wholly bizarre, religious or not. I often wonder why the debate centres over the 'under God' aspect and not why you're making schoolkids stand up every day and talk to a fucking flag. I also wonder why, given that teenagers often like to be deliberately awkward, that there's not more people who refuse to say it at all.
The marriage thing makes sense, though. We have civil partnerships for gay couples in the UK, conferring all the same rights as a marriage, and I think straight people should be allowed to get them too. And that Christian weddings shouldn't be given legal status when all other religious ceremonies aren't. It's a really stupid situation at the moment, all inconsistent and awkward. They should sever the ties between the legal ceremony of union and the religious ceremony of marriage.

Definitely an interesting post from you. Also, given all the nutbags we keep hearing about over here, it is so refreshing to know there's conservative Christian Americans who are sane.

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