Saturday, September 17, 2005

An Interesting Piece on the Pledge of Allegiance

The Pledge of Allegiance (more specifically, the phrase "under God") is in the news again. This site asks, "What would Francis Bellamy (the socialist Baptist minister who wrote the Pledge) and James Madison (the 'father of the Constitution') think about including 'under God' in our ritual recitation honoring the flag?" ("Under God" was not originally part of the Pledge, but was a Cold War-era addition.) It's definitely an interesting read, though I don't know much about the writer's credentials.

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