http://history.vineyard.net/pledge.htm
2006-10-24 03:18:03 · 12 answers · asked by Agnostic Messiah 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yup. Congress added 'em in 1954, apparently thinking "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em", as they decided to follow the Soviet Union's lead in dictating religious beliefs to citizens. Big big mistake. We should not model our nation after Stalin's. Those words have no business in any official U.S. "pledge".
There is a different pledge that newly naturalized citizens take. It's FAR better, and doesn't have any of this Soviet-style anti-freedom-of-religion nonsense in it.
2006-10-24 03:31:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Did you know that the unconstitutional "In God We Trust" was not illegally put on U.S. coins until the 1862, 2 cent piece and was not illegally authorized on paper money until 1954, the same year the pledge was ruined by including the illegal god reference.
2006-10-24 11:17:39 · answer #2 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes I did know that. It was added by the Eisenhower Administration to promote social cohesiveness during the cold war era.
2006-10-24 10:20:11 · answer #3 · answered by genaddt 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, I pledge allegiance UNDER GOD, anyway, OK?
2006-10-24 10:20:59 · answer #4 · answered by bettyboop 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes, the words were added while Senator McCarthy was in office to weed out and identify the children of communist infiltrators.
2006-10-24 10:21:23 · answer #5 · answered by Murph 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yes, Yes I did
2006-10-24 10:27:26 · answer #6 · answered by JerseyRick 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Old news.
2006-10-24 10:20:45 · answer #7 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES. Did you just find this out?
2006-10-24 10:20:39 · answer #8 · answered by apostle1938 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it was added by a bunch of paranoid McCarthyists.
2006-10-24 10:20:16 · answer #9 · answered by The Chaos Within 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Thought most everyone knew that, so what?
2006-10-24 10:20:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋