On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 05:43:47PM -0700, Jeffrey Blankfort wrote:
> In the schools in which I have subbed and then taught, very few students
> stand for the pledge of allegiance unless coerced to do so by their
> teacher. Most of the students have either African, Latin American or
> Asian ancestry. When an occasional student does stand, I ask, in a
> friendly manner, if she or he can tell me of any moment in history where
> the inhabitants of this land actually enjoyed "liberty and justice for
> all," and beyond the words of the pledge, to show me any proof that such
> was ever intended.
>
> "Under God," was added after "One nation," while I was in school and it
> was in the 50s. Before that we were apparently pagan.
Specifically 1954. See
http://www.vineyard.net/vineyard/history/pledge.htm for a bunch of
history on the pledge. It seems the original author/author's family
was very much not in favor of the various changes that were made.
David
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