# Pledge of Allegiance? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 29, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pledge-of-allegiance/198357 "2003-08-29T03:03:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pledge-of-allegiance/198357/61 "2003-09-01T05:10:04Z")
According to my mother and an editorial in today’s _Houston Chronicle_, it is now mandatory that Texas students recite the US Pledge as well as the Texas Pledge on a daily basis. Note: recite. Failure to do so will get you a pass to the office. Apparently this is some new bill passed in the Texas congress over the past summer…anyone have any verification for all that? ---
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pledge-of-allegiance/198357/62 "2003-09-01T05:17:39Z")
Okay…scouring hard to answer my own inquiry, I discover that Texas State Senate Bill 83, as signed by Gov. Rick Perry, mandates that all Texas pupils _recite_ both the Texan and American pledges every morning. Citations: [http://www.oaoa.com/columns/edit060803.htm](http://www.oaoa.com/columns/edit060803.htm) > **[DuckerPromotion.com is for sale | HugeDomains](https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=duckerpromotion&e=com)** > > Get full access to this domain. Easy, seamless transactions. Zero percent financing available. > **[Texas passes law requiring moment of silence, Pledge recital.](https://stupidevilbastard.com/2003/04/texas_passes_law_requiring_moment_of_silence_pledge_recital/)** > > The folks down in Texas don’t want President Bush hogging all of the religious fundamental spotlight so they’ve taken it upon themselves to pass legislation that forces kids to pause fo… [http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=977129](http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=977129) [http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/Archives/Arch03/p060403a.htm](http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/Archives/Arch03/p060403a.htm) And now the kicker: [http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/78R/billtext/SB00083F.HTM](http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/78R/billtext/SB00083F.HTM) Which states, “(b) The board of trustees of each school district shall require students, once during each school day at each school in the district, to recite: (1) the pledge of allegiance to the United States flag in accordance with 4 U.S.C. Section 4, and its subsequent amendments;” Now, what’s this 4 USC Section 4 jazz about? \ ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pledge-of-allegiance/198357/63 "2003-09-01T06:04:16Z")
MONTY: In your address bar type in, uk monarchy poll that should take you to the Guardian and from there any number of other links ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pledge-of-allegiance/198357/64 "2003-09-01T15:39:02Z")
Sure, but Texas is a different country. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pledge-of-allegiance/198357/65 "2003-09-01T16:38:40Z")
How about you doing it, spogga, so we can ensure you and I will be addressing the very same thing? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pledge-of-allegiance/198357.md?page=3)