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Of course all Americans say the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. That is a way in which we offer our confirmation of honor, respect and gratefulness to the flag of the United States of America, and for all for which she stands.

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The saying of the Pledge of Allegiance is not universal among "all Americans." Jehovah's Witnesses do not say the Pledge of Allegiance but instead stand at polite attention. They believe that the Pledge goes beyond a mere statement of respect but entails idolatry of the flag and country, which the Bible condemns. The Bible has many scriptures condemning idolatry, (eg. Ex. 20:4; Lev. 19:21; Isaiah 135:15-18)

The Pledge of Allegiance became an issue with Jehovah's Witnesses leading up to and during the Second Word War. In the face of increasing conflict around the world, many states enacted flag salute requirements. On June 3, 1935, Joseph Franklin Rutherford the President of The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society stated in an interview at a Witness convention that to salute an earthly emblem, ascribing salvation to it; was unfaithfulness to God. He stated that he would not do it. While this was not yet a written doctrine, individual families began making conscientious decisions to refuse to pledge the flag. The Witnesses' refusal to pledge, coupled with their refusal to serve in the military or to support in the war effort in any way, raised the ire of the American public. Their refusal would put them in the forefront of the fight for religious freedoms in America.

In late 1935, Witness Walter Gobitas' two children--Lilian, 12, and Billy, 10--were expelled from school in Minersville, Pa., because they refused to pledge the flag. The ensuing court battle led to the Supreme Court ruling of Gobitis vs. Minersville School District (1940) that the secular interests of the school district in fostering national patriotism overrode those of religious freedom. (The error in the family's name was due to a clerical error.) Pennsylvania's state flag salute was a secular policy enacted to encourage patriotism among school children and that the state's interest in "national cohesion" was "inferior to none in the hierarchy of legal issues". It was further stated that the proper place to make changes was through voting, not through the courts. The irony of this decision would not have been lost on the Witnesses since they refused to vote. By the end of 1940, the American Civil Liberties Union estimated that 1500 Witnesses had been assaulted in 335 different attacks.

Only three years later, the Supreme Court was to reverse itself in West Virginia Board of Education vs. Barnette (1943). (Again, the last name of the family would be misspelled--Barnette, instead of Barnett.) This time, the court would hold that Witness children could not be forced to pledge the flag. More importantly, school boards could not punish them or their parents for their refusal. Furthermore, they rejected the idea that legislatures, rather than the courts, were the proper place to address questions of religious liberty. Justice Robert Jackson wrote, "The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to draw certain subjects from...beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One's right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections." The court did not shy away from the similarities in this case and the enforced nationalism abroad. "Those who begin in coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters," Jackson wrote.

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The church has no problems with the Pledge of Allegiance. I've been saying it my entire life.

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Catholics who live in the United States say the pledge of allegiance, there would be no reason for other Catholics to.

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