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Cleita

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4. I still don't say "under god" because I never had to say it in school when we

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2015, 12:27 AM

Mar 2015

did the Pledge of Allegiance and I went to parochial school. That's what the Our Father and Hail Mary was for. Of course I'm so old I went to school before they changed it. Many people of my generation still remain silent about those words when saying the Pledge of Allegiance because we still believe in separation of church and state.

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How 'One Nation' Didn't Become 'Under God' Until The '50s Religious Revival [View all] octoberlib Mar 2015 OP

Yup, it's an amazing story. lovemydog Mar 2015 #1

I remember when they stuck it in the Pledge. Suich Mar 2015 #2

Faith, freedom, and free enterprise Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #3

I still don't say "under god" because I never had to say it in school when we Cleita Mar 2015 #4

I was in a Catholic parochial school when the insertion SheilaT Mar 2015 #5

Interesting. I thought clergy really got in bed with politicians big time because merrily Mar 2015 #6

I wasn't aware this had started in the 1930's either. octoberlib Mar 2015 #13

Another thing for which we can thank the 1%. merrily Mar 2015 #16

It started before the civil war hootinholler Mar 2015 #18

The author of the pledge is an alum of... 3catwoman3 Mar 2015 #7

Entirely too many do not, I'm sorry to say. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2015 #30

I remember that in the Saturday matinee westerns, Downwinder Mar 2015 #8

interesting observation…. dhill926 Mar 2015 #28

we still live under zombie mccarthy, reagan, and the unelected grover torquiest. where is zombie FDR pansypoo53219 Mar 2015 #9

The debate continued when Roman Catholic John Kennedy (D) was elected President. MADem Mar 2015 #10

I was in grade school during the late 60's, early 70's and octoberlib Mar 2015 #14

The ORIGINAL oath was a quickie, they kept gilding the lily and made it terribly unwieldy. MADem Mar 2015 #21

I credit/blame "The Ten Commandments" SoCalDem Mar 2015 #11

sort of a gap there--it was more the sort of "Jesus spoke English since He was American" MisterP Mar 2015 #20

A freind of ours is the ex-wife of a Methodist minister. 3catwoman3 Mar 2015 #33

'The Man Who Wrote the Pledge of Allegiance'... Lars39 Mar 2015 #12

Interesting. Thanks for the link! octoberlib Mar 2015 #15

I was in elementary school when "under God" was added. MineralMan Mar 2015 #17

The Whole Pledge Thing Is Completely Backwards ProfessorGAC Mar 2015 #19

Yeah, the whole thing is so creepy and mindless. Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #23

This was the McCarthy era hifiguy Mar 2015 #22

And now people are placing their hand over their heart for the National Anthem... Thor_MN Mar 2015 #24

That's a pet peeve of my husband's, as well. Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #29

I was raised in a Catholic school - raven mad Mar 2015 #25

I learned it without the "under God," Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #26

Robin Williams asked, "why not just say 'One nation, under Canada?'" Auggie Mar 2015 #27

Or... HassleCat Mar 2015 #32

Mixed Bag HassleCat Mar 2015 #31