North Dakota school board takes away pledge of allegiance

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North Dakota school board ends reciting the Pledge of Allegiance because of the words 'under God' | Blaze Media

A North Dakota school board has put an end to reciting the Pledge of Allegiance before each meeting because members complained that the patriotic verse is problematic since it has the words "under God." On Tuesday, the Fargo School Board voted 7-2 to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance before...

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A North Dakota school board has put an end to reciting the Pledge of Allegiance before each meeting because members complained that the patriotic verse is problematic since it has the words "under God."

On Tuesday, the Fargo School Board voted 7-2 to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance before every meeting.

North Dakota newspaper Inforum reported that a school board member nixed the Pledge of Allegiance because it didn't align with the district's diversity, equity, and inclusion values. Some of the school board members contended that the words "under God" were excluding many people.

Fargo School Board member Seth Holden said, "Given that the word 'God' in the text of the Pledge of Allegiance is capitalized. 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 claimed that saying the Pledge of Allegiance is a "non-inclusionary act."

Holden added, "The statement that we are ‘one nation under God,’ is the Judeo-Christian God… is simply an untrue statement. We are one nation under many or no gods."

I can't argue here. There is nothing remotely Christian about the US government today.

He also stated that it is an "indisputable fact" that "not all U.S. citizens have liberty and justice… therefore making the line ‘one nation with liberty and justice for all’ an untrue statement."

Again, I can't argue here either, the US is not about freedom, it is about militant wokeness.

Well done North Dakota!

 

[Lisa558]

So why not just take out those two objectionable words, and still have the kids say the Pledge?

 

[Paleman]

So why not just take out those two objectionable words, and still have the kids say the Pledge?

Better idea-----Fire every one of these idiotic, brain-dead, country hating jerks immediately.

 

[Lisa558]

Better idea-----Fire every one of these idiotic, brain-dead, country hating jerks immediately.

I hope we move in that direction, starting November 8.

 

[Mr Natural]

North Dakota?

Isn't that in Real America?

 

[Votto]

North Dakota?

Isn't that in Real America?

You have real America, and then you have the teachers union and state run schools for all.

One will bow to the other.

 

[TNHarley]

So why not just take out those two objectionable words, and still have the kids say the Pledge?

It says they arent saying the pledge before school board meetings. it has nothing to do with the schools.

 

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Who Created the Pledge of Allegiance? | HISTORY

The Pledge of Allegiance has been used in the United States for over 100 years, yet the 31-word oath recited today differs significantly from the original draft. The idea of a verbal vow to the American flag first gained traction in 1885, when a Civil War veteran named Colonel George Balch...

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Here is the history of the pledge

Very interesting

The Pledge of Allegiance has been used in the United States for over 100 years, yet the 31-word oath recited today differs significantly from the original draft. The idea of a verbal vow to the American flag first gained traction in 1885, when a Civil War veteran named Colonel George Balch devised a version that read, “We give our heads and our hearts to God and our country; one country, one language, one flag.”

Several schools adopted Balch’s pledge, but it was soon supplanted by a salute composed by Francis Bellamy, a Christian socialist and former Baptist minister. In 1892, while working for a magazine called “Youth’s Companion,” Bellamy was enlisted to write a new pledge for use in patriotic celebrations surrounding the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the New World. After puzzling over the project—he initially considered incorporating the French Revolution motto “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”—he penned an oath that read, “I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

The Bellamy pledge gained popularity in public schools during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but it continued to undergo occasional tweaks and revisions. In 1923 and 1924, the National Flag Conference changed the wording to read, “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.” In 1942, meanwhile, Congress officially adopted the pledge and decreed that it should be recited while holding the right hand over the heart. Before then, the pledge had included a so-called “Bellamy salute”—extending the right arm toward the flag with the hand outstretched—but with the rise of fascism in Europe, many had noted that the gesture too closely resembled a Nazi salute.

A final revision to the national oath came in 1954 during the Cold War. In response to lobbying by religious groups and fraternal organizations—and with the support of President Dwight D. Eisenhower—Congress passed a new bill that added the words “under God.” Despite occasional legal challenges from students and secular groups, the text of the Pledge of Allegiance has remained unchanged ever since.

It is very interesting how a socialist wanted children to pledge allegiance to the state.

These same socialists, however, now want God out of it cuz they are their real god anyway.

 

[Paleman]

It says they arent saying the pledge before school board meetings. it has nothing to do with the schools.

WTF-----The school board has nothing to do with the schools? Typical thinking of a Mars dwelling leftist.

 

[Votto]

WTF-----The school board has nothing to do with the schools? Typical thinking of a Mars dwelling leftist.

The school board has nothing to do with the schools?
Not a truer word spoken. It has to do with indoctrination.

 

[DukeU]

These same people will tell you men can be women, women can be men, and men can have babies.


All untrue statements.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Gov. Burgum Wants Legislation To Ensure Opportunity To Recite Pledge of Allegiance​

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum wants all public schools and elected governing bodies in North Dakota to have the opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

It has become an issue after Fargo’s school board voted last week to reverse course and discontinue reciting the pledge before its meetings.

Board member Seth Holden said he doesn’t believe it is appropriate since the text includes “God” and no other faiths.

He says that goes against the district’s policy of inclusion.

Burgum says his office will work with State Sen. Scott Meyer of Grand Forks and state Reps. Pat Heinert of Bismarck and Todd Porter of Mandan to craft legislation about the Pledge of Allegiance for the next session in January.

Gov. Burgum Wants Legislation To Ensure Opportunity To Recite Pledge of Allegiance - KVRR Local News

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum wants all public schools and elected governing bodies in North Dakota to have the opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. It has become an issue after Fargo’s school board voted last week to reverse course and discontinue reciting the pledge...

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[Votto]

These same people will tell you men can be women, women can be men, and men can have babies.


All untrue statements.

That is because up is now down.

The destruction of a free market is now freedom.

Recession is just as hard to define as it is defining a woman.

Welcome to the utopia

 

[TNHarley]

WTF-----The school board has nothing to do with the schools? Typical thinking of a Mars dwelling leftist.

They didnt take away the pledge of allegiance from the schools. Just the school board meetings. Thagt involves ADULTS.
Can you not read, you binary dumbfuck?

 

[Lisa558]

It says they arent saying the pledge before school board meetings. it has nothing to do with the schools.

I didn’t catch that. Thanks. But it still shows how anti-religion the leftists have become.

 

[Paleman]

They didnt take away the pledge of allegiance from the schools. Just the school board meetings. Thagt involves ADULTS.
Can you not read, you binary dumbfuck?

Who is really the dumbfuck? The schools and the school boards are one and the same, so, how long before this dirt bag bunch of liberals take it away from the schools too?

 

[TNHarley]

Who is really the dumbfuck? The schools and the school boards are one and the same, so, how long before this dirt bag bunch of liberals take it away from the schools too?

The binary one. You.
I was simply clarifying this has nothing to do with the kids. Its the school board meetings. It isnt my fault, you dont understand that.

 

[initforme]

Oh no stop the presses. No pledge before a meeting of a few adults. I don't see the point of having to say it before a meeting. Nobody needs to lose sleep over this.

 

[Paleman]

Oh no stop the presses. No pledge before a meeting of a few adults. I don't see the point of having to say it before a meeting. Nobody needs to lose sleep over this.

Only the patriotic would understand the point of it. You're obviously excluded.

 

[initforme]

Only the patriotic would understand the point of it. You're obviously excluded.

Whatever. I'm for it in schools every morning but for a meeting? It's nothing earth shattering.