Yet Another Pledge of Allegience Flap

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Oy. What's the deal with the Pledge of Allegiance, and its new "holy" status in this country, particularly among hardcore right-wingers? You would think that either Thomas Jefferson or Jesus himself wrote the thing. You'd also think anyone paid a bit of attention to it in the years between elementary school and somewhere around, oh, 2001.

Do yourself a favor if you don't know about it already. Read a little about this little poem. You'll be surprised to learn that it was originally created to sell flags, has been modified several times, and that "God" was nowhere in it until the 1950s.

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Georgia Republican instructs House on proper Pledge of Allegiance technique

No pause between 'one nation under god,' lawmaker reminds

A freshman Georgia Republican wanted to stress the importance of divine oversight of the US as he saw it portrayed in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Leading the pledge on the House floor Monday, Rep. Paul Broun lectured others in the chamber about the "correct way" of saying the pledge. . .

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