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I think it would be rather easy to just stand there with all the other people and skip the God part if it really offends you so much. The hypocrisy here is that where should we draw the line? I wonder how many atheists on here, say "Oh My God," each day. Furthermore, should they stop using cash and coins? It has In God We Trust on it. Should they never enter a government building or any building with God in it's name or religious symbols on it? Should we make minority laws to please maybe the two atheists that are in the school? When I say atheists I mean ones that would actually stand up and say, I don't believe in this, I'm not saying it. Not, Oh I don't believe in God but...
The atheists aren't asking for minority laws to appease them, they are asking for Arizona not to make laws that infringe on their rights.
It's most likely that 99% of the school believes in a God. I am not a christian, but I do believe in God. So I would not be offended by having to say this. Why are atheists always trying to push their no-god religion onto others? Sometimes they are just as worse as the fundamentalists. Oh wait, they ARE fundamentalists!!!![/QUOTE]
I don't think they are, it looks if anything its the other way around here.
And I really just hate the politics of this whole thing. In my opinion, this isn't something important. An oath like this would do pretty much nothing to instill patriotism in the vast majority of high school students. All it is, is another example of making Republicans look bad on these issues, and hurting their own chances of pushing their fiscal agenda.