Via the
Phoenix NewTimes, we learn that Arizona teenagers may soon
have to intone the following if they want to graduate from (a
public) high school:
I, (state your name), 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 of evasion; and that I will well and
faithfully discharge these duties; so help me God.
A separate
bill will require students to say the Pledge of
Allegiance—currently optional—each day unless a parent writes a
letter to the school explaining that their kid hates Jesus or
America or both.In completely unrelated news, some Venezuelans chose to recite a
rather more pointed loyalty
oath earlier this month:
I swear by the Bolivarian constitution that I will defend the
presidency of Comandante Chavez in the street with reason, with
truth and with the strength and intelligence of a people who have
been liberated from the yoke of the bourgeoisie.
Reason’s own J.D. Tuccille disparages another creepy
pledge from Marlboro Township, New Jersey,
here.
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Arizona Legislators Propose Loyalty Oath for Students
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