re: Fargo, North Dakota School Board Cancels Pledge of Allegiance

So, who is more offended? Those on the left taking offense to the inclusion of God and ceasing the practice or those objecting to the folks that are offended and implementing a change.

All I know is that anyone from the left seems to change that which offends them, especially things in this country rooted in the constitution or having to do with our history. While those on the right must simply accept the leftist change or be negatively labeled.

Completely ok with this.
Anyone who is comfortable with their kids pledging allegiance to the state needs their head examined

I don’t recite the US Pledge of Allegiance either – tho not because of the “under God language” – but because of two other reasons.

(a) We are not indivisible. The US Constitution (Article 1, Section 10) lists the things states aren’t permitted to do. Separating from the US isn’t one of those so-called forbidden actions. The lack of accuracy in the language, “one nation … indivisible” stifles legitimate debate/discussion on the relationship of the States within the Union, and serves to conceal the damage done by the federal government to the rights of the States and the people.

(b) Dual identities.

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.“

vs.

“Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.”

It’s not possible to hold dual allegiances to individual political bodies; and again, the indivisible thing is a myth.


Sidenote: Ironically an avowed socialist—Francis Bellamy—penned the words to the US Pledge of Allegiance, partly as a marketing scheme.

Much of Bellamy’s activism was in response to a dramatic increase in U.S. immigration that took place during his lifetime. Rather than joining a rising tide of nativism, Bellamy and other socialists believed a “well-organized and patriotic public education system” would inculcate newcomers with American ideals and values.

Bellamy later admitted writing the pledge with an eye toward the ritual entailed in reciting it rather than an understanding of its meaning.


Look it up.

The work that began in the fifties is almost complete.

We're not talking about the Northeast, we're talking about North Dakota

Wish McCarthy would have taken them all out when he had the chance

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A true Texan

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Do true Texans harbor illegals across their property?

I bet not and bet EKG is against that

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SDVTiger

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A true Texan has closer cultural ties to northern Mexico than to Maine.

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You'd want to cancel it if it said under Allah.

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But it doesnt. It is a pledge of allegiance to America. The same America that provides the highways he drives on, the military that keeps him safe, the immigration folks that processed his paperwork and supports the farmers that feed his arse.

So how about, you just stand up, put your hand over your heart and say a little thanks.

I actually agree with you. I'm just messing with you re. the Brittany Griner takes on this board.

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You'd want to cancel it if it said under Allah.

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I wouldn't live in a country where it said "under Allah"

You can talk about the relative recency of pledge adoption and "under God" verbiage, but it was probably well in place by the time anyone offended by this got here.

So don't avail yourself of something that already exists and then try and dismantle it because you don't like it.

EKG are ya'll takin my boy Hank when you depart?