PRINTER'S NO. 4235
No. 643 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY HABAY, ALLEN, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, M. BAKER,
BASTIAN, BELFANTI, BIRMELIN, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI,
COLEMAN, CORRIGAN, COSTA, COY, CRUZ, DAILEY, DeLUCA, DeWEESE,
FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, GEIST, GEORGE, GODSHALL,
GORDNER, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARPER, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY,
HESS, JAMES, KELLER, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LEH, LESCOVITZ,
LEWIS, LUCYK, MARKOSEK, McCALL, McGILL, McILHATTAN,
McILHINNEY, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, PERZEL, PETRARCA, PHILLIPS,
READSHAW, ROHRER, RUBLEY, SANTONI, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO,
SCHRODER, SCHULER, SOLOBAY, R. STEVENSON, T. STEVENSON,
SURRA, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, TURZAI,
WATSON, WILT, WOJNAROSKI, G. WRIGHT, M. WRIGHT, YOUNGBLOOD
AND ZUG, JULY 24, 2002
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JULY 24, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Supporting the Pledge of Allegiance.
2 WHEREAS, The Pledge of Allegiance was first published in the
3 September 8, 1892, issue of The Youth's Companion and was
4 officially recognized by the Federal Government in 1924; and
5 WHEREAS, A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
6 recently ruled that recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in
7 public schools was unconstitutional because of the reference to
8 the nation being "under God"; and
9 WHEREAS, The Pledge of Allegiance is not an unconstitutional
10 expression and the phrase "under God" does not establish an
11 official religion; and
1 WHEREAS, Public school students cannot be forced to recite
2 the Pledge of Allegiance; therefore be it
3 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives admonish the
4 court for its decision and confirms its support for the Pledge
5 of Allegiance.
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