North Dakota School Board Votes to Remove Pledge of Allegiance. Guess why

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A woke Fargo, North Dakota, school board has dumped the Pledge of Allegiance in part because it contains two words that aren’t “inclusive” enough. The decision has caused accusations of anti-Americanism and riled the community.

The board made the decision to dump the Pledge even worse by only having passed a motion to open its meetings with the recitation on March 22. But only a few months later, on Tuesday, the board rescinded the motion in a 7-2 decision, according to Inforum.

The board’s vice president, Seth Holden, argued in favor of cutting part of the Pledge out because its words somehow violate the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion values.

The problem came with two words — “Under” and “God.”

“Given that the word ‘God’ in the text of the Pledge of Allegiance is capitalized,” Holden told his fellow board members. “The text is clearly referring to the Judeo-Christian god and therefore, it does not include any other face such as Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, all of which are practiced by our staff and students at FPS.”

Holden added that even atheists are excluded from the sentiment in the Pledge because the words violate the “non-inclusionary act.”

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