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CBGLuthier

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5. In the late 70s they still said it in my high school. They did, I did not.

Reply to PatrickforO (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 17, 2015, 03:25 AM

Aug 2015

I disagree with every single statement made in the pledge. It wanted me to pledge allegiance to a list of lies. Not one nation indivisible. No liberty and justice for all, and I do not believe in god.

I stood quietly but otherwise did not and have not done that thing in 40 years.

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history of the Pledge [View all] Feeling the Bern Aug 2015 OP

I can remember saying the pledge every day in elementary school, but not PatrickforO Aug 2015 #1

In the late 70s they still said it in my high school. They did, I did not. CBGLuthier Aug 2015 #5

As long as I can remember, I objected to the "under God" being in the pledge Hydra Aug 2015 #2

I pledged allegiance to the Constitution when I was inducted into the military in the early '70s... Journeyman Aug 2015 #3

If the pledge said this: Feeling the Bern Aug 2015 #4