and what's the big deal? Maybe we better start paying more attention to the "indivisible" part and less to the "under God" part before we end up pledging allegiance to the North American Union and The New World Order. Who the hell knows what that country will be "under", but the way it's being implemented is definitely unGodly.
2007-02-22 08:30:22 · 9 answers · asked by LittleLamb 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Early 60s, had to have been because I started school in 1958 and it wasn't taught with "under god" until I was in second or third grade. I don't know about the other states but in California it was an option even back then. Some schools/teachers taught it some didn't. When I was in middle school the pledge was not mandatory, we didn't have to recite it at all. I have never said the pledge with "under god"
2007-02-22 08:41:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
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2016-09-29 11:48:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1954, Congress after a campaign by the Knights of Columbus, added the words, 'under God,' to the Pledge. The Pledge was now both a patriotic oath and a public prayer.....................
2007-02-22 08:35:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It began during World War 2.
2007-02-22 08:37:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it was 1954 at the height of McCarthyism. We had to prove we were not godless athiest like the communists. Political expediency and scare tactics drove it threw.
The original pledge was written just before the turn of the century.
2007-02-22 08:37:21 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was added in the 1950's.
2007-02-22 08:36:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1959. Thats when everybody was ranting about prayer in schools. Now they want to take it out not a half century later.
2007-02-22 08:36:16 · answer #7 · answered by b_e_t_a_x_z_y 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sumtime in the 1950's i believe
2007-02-22 08:32:23 · answer #8 · answered by Corey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lets try both....because one does not exist without the other.
2007-02-22 08:38:57 · answer #9 · answered by chole_24 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋