Rising Hegemon
A group of Republican lawmakers want to require Arizona students to recite a loyalty oath to the U.S. and its Constitution before they can graduate high school. They are sponsoring House Bill 2467 in the Legislature. If passed, it would make the loyalty oath a prerequisite for graduation from any public high school in Arizona starting with the 2013-14 school year.
Students would be required to say:
I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose or evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge these duties; so help me God.The wording sounds somewhat similar to oaths of office taken by members of Congress and the U.S. president. Some states have required public employees, including school teachers, to take or sign similar oaths.
Nothing smacks of "freedom" more than loyalty Oaths to God.
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All the while doing their level best to undermine the legally elected government of same United States.
Batman 54
Such good Real Christians:
33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Well, in Arizona today, "the Constitution" means adherence to the 2nd Amendment, so, maybe, these oaths should be sworn on bazookas, or M-16s, or mortars, instead of the Bible....
Right, Batman54.
Washington, Nov. 14, 2012 - ...A petition to let (Arizona) secede went up on the White House website Saturday, and by Tuesday it already had received more than half of the 25,000 signatures needed to trigger an official response.
Maybe we should demand that all Arizonans take a loyalty oath?
If you are required to take the oath in order to graduate, in what way are you taking this obligation freely? Am I missing something here?
A petition to let (Arizona) secede went up on the White House website Saturday, and by Tuesday it already had received more than half of the 25,000 signatures needed to trigger an official response.
Funny thing, all the signatures came from outside Arizona.
>If you are required to take the oath in order to graduate, in what way are you taking this obligation freely? Am I missing something here?
Verline, true freedom is submission to God/Allah/Yahweh. Or some such.
In all fairness, the oath sounds better in the original German.
sieg heil.
The "defend...against all enemies foreign and domestic" part get me. Wouldn't that include both the Republican/Teabaggers and the NRA?
i took that same oath when i joined the u.s. navy.maybe they're being enlisted...
They try so hard
But they don't understand
Just what they will say
When they get home
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