Whose idea is it to still to have to pledge allegiance to the Queen in order to become a citizen?
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July 25th, 2013
Queen Elizabeth that is It is not in all the Common Wealth countries that require it. It must have come to her attention that there are plenty of organizations and individuals working to end it. Anyway what is her opinion about it?
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In the U.K., you are not a citizen, you are a subject of the Crown. That’s why they pledge allegiance to the Crown.
@zenvelo In the common wealth countries (except India and I don’t know where else) the oath includes “I pledge allegiance to the queen…” immigrants who want to become citizens cannot avoid that. What does she think of it though? Why isn’t she saying “no more of this nonsense!”
Pledging allegiance to the Queen is a relic from the Middle Ages and in my view is incompatible with being a citizen of a democratic country.
Americans pledge allegiance to a piece cloth. What does that say about your country?
They should not pledge to anything.
I see it as a tradition. It is symbolic of loyalty to the country, I don’t have any problem with it. As for the pledge of allegiance in America, I agree it is similar to the pledge of alleiance for the Queen, I don’t see one any better or worse than the other. I don’t know what the Queen thinks, if I had to guess I think she would say it is just fine.
@flo She probably thinks, “of course, I am the Queen!”
Britain has been a monarchy for more than a millennia (well, except for the Roundheads and their Commonwealth years). Why wouldn’t they pledge allegiance to the monarch?
It’s merely a symbol to ask people for the support of the constitution and the ideals of pluralism, freedom and democracy. The Queen stands for all this.
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