I don't get the whole Pledge of Allegiance thing either. It was originally written as a way to help instill pride in one's country, before we had a national anthem (as the Star-Spangled Banner did not become our anthem until the 20th Century). It was also used to help immigrants develop a sense of loyalty to America. Now? *shrug* No one really complains because we grew up saying it, our parents did, and so on. Really, there are a lot worse things we could be doing in the name of national pride.
I haven't read the above commenter, as they are someone I am not familiar with (and now I remember I meant to f-lock this), but it appears they disagree with my ideas of the legal institution of union and the religious one of marriage. I don't know why they were even tied together in the States in the first place. It's just like you said, inconsistent and awkward. Especially since the Christian definition of marriage seems to be the favoured one. So, it would just make more sense to have a civil ceremony to make things legal, and a religious one if you're so inclined. And if you have the religious one, you don't need to go and then have a civil ceremony, you can just get a certificate saying that you are legally partnered with someone (sort of like the marriage license we have right now, only not with the word "marriage").
Really, most conservative Christian Americans are sane. You just hear about the vocally crazy fundamentalist Christians. Just like all you hear about are the vocally crazy fundamentalist Muslims. Fundamentalism is quite possibly the root of all evil.
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Date: 28 September 2008 20:22 (UTC)I haven't read the above commenter, as they are someone I am not familiar with (and now I remember I meant to f-lock this), but it appears they disagree with my ideas of the legal institution of union and the religious one of marriage. I don't know why they were even tied together in the States in the first place. It's just like you said, inconsistent and awkward. Especially since the Christian definition of marriage seems to be the favoured one. So, it would just make more sense to have a civil ceremony to make things legal, and a religious one if you're so inclined. And if you have the religious one, you don't need to go and then have a civil ceremony, you can just get a certificate saying that you are legally partnered with someone (sort of like the marriage license we have right now, only not with the word "marriage").
Really, most conservative Christian Americans are sane. You just hear about the vocally crazy fundamentalist Christians. Just like all you hear about are the vocally crazy fundamentalist Muslims. Fundamentalism is quite possibly the root of all evil.