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What Is The Pledge Of Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance is a ritual that should not be required to be recited in any US schools, the reason why is because it references to false religious beliefs, does not truly promise anything for the majority of America, and ultimately does not make you more “patriotic”. Some people consider the Pledge to be “An outdated and unnecessary ritual with a constitutionally questionable reference and false promises of liberty and justice for all” (Tucker). It has become an artifact of the past and really does not promise liberty and justice for all, people just recite it because they have to and really don’t mean anything they recite. Many say that the Pledge makes you more patriotic, how though? “Is San Fransisco any less patriotic because
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