China orders lawyers to pledge allegiance to Communist Party

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http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/international/China_orders_lawyers_to_pledge_allegiance_to_Communist_Party.html?cid=32330436

Mar 21, 2012 - 10:41

China orders lawyers to pledge allegiance to Communist Party

By Sui-Lee Wee

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Justice Ministry has ordered lawyers to take a loyalty oath to the Communist Party, in an unusual move that has drawn condemnation from attorneys worried about the government's attempts to rein them in.

The ministry issued a notice on Wednesday demanding that first-time applicants and lawyers who want to renew their licenses have to take the oath.

The oath was necessary to "firmly establish among the vast circle of lawyers faith in socialism with Chinese characteristics ... and effectively improve the quality of lawyers' political ideology", the ministry said in a statement posted on its website.

"I promise to faithfully fulfil the sacred mission of socialism with Chinese characteristics ... loyalty to the motherland, its people, and uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China," lawyers must say under the oath.

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1. The Communist Party and Republican Party sign pledges. Not the Democratic Party .

We serve protect and defend the US Constitution.

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2. They are taking lessons from us.

Abstract: A U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit three-judge panel has ruled that New Hampshire’s law requiring the daily recitation of the pledge of allegiance in the state’s public schools, while allowing students to opt-out of participation, does not violate the First Amendment’s Establishment or Free Exercise of Religion Clauses, or the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection or Due Process Clauses. The panel concluded that the inclusion of the phrase “under God” in the pledge did not convert the recitation of the pledge from a patriotic exercise to a religious one. It likewise rejected the free exercise claim on the ground that schools are not constitutionally obligated to shield students from mere exposure to ideas that are potentially offensive to the student’s religious beliefs. In regard to the equal protection claim, the panel concluded that the law does “not require different treatment of any class of people because of their religious beliefs.” Lastly, it found that the due process claim had been waived.

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3. Remember having one kid in grade school who for religious reasons wouldn't say the pledge

Almost the entire class looked at him like he was from Mars and shunned him over it. They do get treated differently. I witnessed it with my own two eyes. Anyone who suggests they don't is full of beans.

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