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| Saturday, January 29, 2011 12:50PM | | | | Trash the Pledge | Tags: Pledge of Allegiance, War of Northern Aggression, Baptist, Socialist, superstition, blasphemy, amulet, secession, nullification, stimulus funds, Texas, deficit, Senator Cornyn,
| | | | When I was a school child we pledged allegiance to one nation, indivisible, but studied the “War Between the States.” Other children pledged allegiance but studied “The War of Northern Aggression.” Still others studied “The War of Southern Rebellion.” Some, particularly Jehovah’s Witness, were harassed and persecuted because they would not take an oath that violated their religious beliefs.
The pledge I recited wasn’t the original pledge written by Frances Bellamy, a Baptist minister and a Socialist, who believed America could have an economy with political, social and economic liberty for all. As chair of the state committee in the National Education Association he included the raising of the flag and the pledge in a Columbus Day celebration. “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the... | | | | | |
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