September 7, 201214 yr I am just saying, it was not originally written with 'under God' in it. Congress added that line. So yeah, things have changed. I'll check , but was that a Republican Congress?
September 7, 201214 yr Author It's my pledge and I'm sticking with it. Me too, I grew up saying it too.
September 7, 201214 yr Author “My feelings as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. Yes Adolf Hitler did have "Christian" Morals. Put Jew in where I put parenthesis and you will get a better flavor of the actual tone of the speech. [Adolf Hitler, speech in Munich on April 12, 1922 Well I guess comparing Obama and Hilters Christian morals show they are alike then.
September 7, 201214 yr All I can say is that every day in grade school at the beginning of class we said a pledge. Part of it went like this: "And to the Republic for which it stands, One Nation Under God". Sad how things have changed. Here in Virginia, every school day begins with a moment of silence and the Pledge. Things haven't really changed. (Well except now the pledge is said with a school room that is ethnically diverse compared to say 1960 or before) It's all a matter of where you are and perspective. :thumb:
September 7, 201214 yr I'll check , but was that a Republican Congress? Actually the motion was originally made by Democrat Congressman Louis C. Rabaut in 1953. Louis C. Rabaut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The final political push in Congress was by a Republican Congressman from the same state named Charles Oakman. It was jointly approved in June of '54. :thumb:
September 7, 201214 yr Actually the motion was originally made by Democrat Congressman Louis C. Rabaut in 1953. Louis C. Rabaut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The final political push in Congress was by a Republican Congressman from the same state named Charles Oakman. It was jointly approved in June of '54. :thumb: Partisanship in play. Who knew?
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