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["K. Jo Garner" <kelly AT metalab.unc.edu>]

On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Michael Czeiszperger wrote:
->While I'm sure most of the children forced to recite the pledge daily never 
->even listen to the words as some point, I wonder what the reaction would be 
->if religious children were forced to listen to "One nation, in a world with 
->no God" every day?

I say restore the fucker back to what it used to be. 

"[Francis Bellamy's] original Pledge read as follows: 'I pledge allegiance
to my Flag and (to*) the Republic for which it stands, one nation,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.'"

No god. No religious deities/icons/what have you. "Under god" wasn't even 
added until 1954! It's amazing how people will latch onto something under 
the cry of "tradition" when it's only been developed during the course of 
their lifetimes! How much *tradition* is that??

http://www.vineyard.net/vineyard/history/pledge.htm
http://www.homeofheroes.com/hallofheroes/1st_floor/flag/1bfc_pledge.html

Cheers
KJ


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