tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post1629951357256351310..comments2024-03-16T14:54:12.445-04:00Comments on History Is Elementary: The Red Skelton PledgeEHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-16784910415706958792007-06-18T10:45:00.000-04:002007-06-18T10:45:00.000-04:00What a wonderful post! I enjoyed your flag facts ...What a wonderful post! I enjoyed your flag facts as well. As someone stated, this would be a great start to the new school year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-57492575133870047172007-06-16T08:44:00.000-04:002007-06-16T08:44:00.000-04:00Great minds think alike!I returned on the 12th and...Great minds think alike!<BR/><BR/>I returned on the 12th and busied myself with my own postings without visiting your site and added the Red Skelton pledge to my own 'Ode to Flag Day' along with two other tributes and culminating with, 'You're a Grand Old Flag'!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your wonderful prose and explanation!The Tour Marmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16701469966951623627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-6048729941586001422007-06-15T23:33:00.000-04:002007-06-15T23:33:00.000-04:00Damien, I agree with you completely.Teacher of One...Damien, I agree with you completely.<BR/><BR/>Teacher of One, when you get ready and can't find it let me known and I'll help you out.<BR/><BR/>I loved watching Red Skelton too, Butterfly Angel. Someone found a video with clips from the Red Skelton show so that students could see some of his other work...they enjoyed learning about how tv used to be.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Mrs. Bluebird.EHThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-51853114034665122812007-06-15T21:47:00.000-04:002007-06-15T21:47:00.000-04:00Great post. We just had a face painting booth tod...Great post. We just had a face painting booth today at carnival. Many kids were getting the Mexican flag on their face and arms. This seemed not right for some reason. I love Mexico, but hey . . . we're all in America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-37357020778023179942007-06-15T15:41:00.000-04:002007-06-15T15:41:00.000-04:00What a fantastic post. Thank you!What a fantastic post. Thank you!Mrs. Bluebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10283080212189118357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-34238227480196723032007-06-14T23:03:00.000-04:002007-06-14T23:03:00.000-04:00Wow! I hope I can get back to these two amazing fl...Wow! I hope I can get back to these two amazing flag post when I need them with G. Thank you so much.<BR/>ChristieTeacher of Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593330677608595529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-75302666220840085832007-06-14T20:54:00.000-04:002007-06-14T20:54:00.000-04:00Wow, this brings a tear to my eye. I REMEMBER watc...Wow, this brings a tear to my eye. I REMEMBER watching Red Skelton back then (I was a recent h.s. graduate) and found it very powerful. <BR/><BR/>If it's ok with you, I am going to 'borrow' your idea to start off the new school year. Since I am teaching US History, this might be a novel way to introduce them to the class.<BR/><BR/>How is your summer going?Butterfly Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05315628420188613289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-20048691532852735592007-06-14T19:31:00.000-04:002007-06-14T19:31:00.000-04:00Hi Perri, thanks for the additional info....my stu...Hi Perri, thanks for the additional info....my students overwhelmingly said they didn't care about any of the rulings that might come down in the future--they will continue to say the pledge as they see fit.EHThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-90562379682060847592007-06-14T16:08:00.000-04:002007-06-14T16:08:00.000-04:00The words "Under God" in the pledge were affirmed ...The words "Under God" in the pledge were affirmed by Congress in an update to the flag code in public law 107-293 section 2(b). At the time the findings of congress used to support the law mentioned two supreme court cases, first Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306 (1952).<BR/>The opinion of the court in that case said that "The First Amendment, however, does not say that in every and all respects there shall be a separation of Church and State. Rather, it studiously defines the manner, the specific ways, in which there shall be no concern or union or dependency one on the other. That is the common sense of the matter. Otherwise State and religion would be aliens to each other - hostile, suspicious, and even unfriendly."<BR/><BR/>The second supreme court case cited was Abington Schoold District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963). The concurrance by Justices Goldberg and Harlan stated: "But untutored devotion to the concept of neutrality can lead to invocation or approval of results whcih partake not simply of that noninterference and noninvolvement with the religious which the Constitution commands, but of a brooding and pervasive devotion to the secular and a passive, or even active, hostility to the religious. <B>Such resuls are not only not compelled by the Constitution, but, it seems to me, are prohibited by it.</B>"<BR/><BR/>The same concurrance also said "many of our legal, political, and personal values derive historically from religious teachings. Government must inevitably take cognizance of the existence of religion and, indeed, under certain circumstances the First Amendment may require that it do so."<BR/><BR/>I hope that the pledge stands as it is. The law, and supreme court precedent demands it.Perri Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17000458399861920389noreply@blogger.com