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cleanhippie

(19,705 posts) Fri Feb 1, 2013, 11:29 AM Feb 2013

One nation, under Allah

A high school principal in the US state of Colorado is facing intense scrutiny for allowing a recitation of the US Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic. In the past, students from Rocky Mountain High School's multicultural club recited the pledge in both French and Spanish. But the Arabic recitation, which was approved by the school principal Tom Lopez, spurred negative comments towards the school, in addition to a nationwide debate over social media.

http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201302010235-0022519

And then the right wing takes to twitter.... full story at link.

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One nation, under Allah (Original Post) cleanhippie Feb 2013 OP

That's just weird Brainstormy Feb 2013 #1

who cares what language it's in? Animal Chin Feb 2013 #2

Yep. Exactly. cleanhippie Feb 2013 #3

Personally, I don't care what language it's in. sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 #4

I don't care what language it's in. I don't want it recited period. n.t white_wolf Feb 2013 #5

And no follower of Jesus should tama Feb 2013 #7

I may try that at the next event I attend that requires the pledge EvolveOrConvolve Feb 2013 #6

I would littlemissmartypants Feb 2013 #8

holy shit that's *my* high school! Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #9

Brainstormy

(2,381 posts)

1. That's just weird

Reply to cleanhippie (Original post)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 12:01 PM

Feb 2013

I'm all for multilingualism, but practicing any country's pledge of allegiance in another language is just strange. I can understand, maybe, making the effort to translate it as an exercise, but reciting it? Almost seems like someone was looking for trouble.

Animal Chin

(175 posts)

2. who cares what language it's in?

Reply to Brainstormy (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 12:13 PM

Feb 2013

it means the same. This is their multi-cultural club and no one objected when they did it in Spanish or French.

cleanhippie

(19,705 posts)

3. Yep. Exactly.

Reply to Animal Chin (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 12:18 PM

Feb 2013

sinkingfeeling

(51,466 posts)

4. Personally, I don't care what language it's in.

Reply to cleanhippie (Original post)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 12:32 PM

Feb 2013

white_wolf

(6,238 posts)

5. I don't care what language it's in. I don't want it recited period. n.t

Reply to cleanhippie (Original post)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 11:05 PM

Feb 2013

tama

(9,137 posts)

7. And no follower of Jesus should

Reply to white_wolf (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 2, 2013, 05:58 AM

Feb 2013

Matthew 5:33-37 33 "Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.' 34 But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; 35 nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36 Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. 37 But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No.' For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.

http://www.globalchristians.org/articles/oaths.htm

EvolveOrConvolve

(6,452 posts)

6. I may try that at the next event I attend that requires the pledge

Reply to cleanhippie (Original post)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 11:08 PM

Feb 2013

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littlemissmartypants

(22,706 posts)

8. I would

Reply to cleanhippie (Original post)

Sat Feb 2, 2013, 09:11 AM

Feb 2013

do it in a make up language that would be unknown to all persons. Something I will not even be able to replicate myself. Like a child with an almost unintelligible speech pattern, all vowels or something. Then call it Persian, which is spoken in Iran. Come and get me. Haters gonna Hate and Idiots gonna Idiate. Love and Peace. lmsp

Phillip McCleod

(1,837 posts)

9. holy shit that's *my* high school!

Reply to cleanhippie (Original post)

Sat Feb 2, 2013, 12:03 PM

Feb 2013

graduate rmhs 1991

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