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Should "Under God" be in the pledge of allegiance?

From Gary Smith:

There is a poll about whether the phrase "under God" belongs in the Pledge of Allegiance. Put in your two cents here. Scroll down - it's on the right-hand side.

Arizona Central News Poll

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Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on July 8, 2011 at 11:14am

In one word, NO!

In TWO words, HELL NO!

Those two words were added in 1954, the result of pressure from the Knights of Columbus, who wanted to distinguish the US from the "godless communists" of the then Soviet Union. This is likely not news to most of us ... but then, we actually bother to look at the history of such things.

I note that the current voting level is 80% for keeping it to 16% against, which honestly doesn't surprise me.

Permalink Reply by Steph S. on October 4, 2011 at 1:30am

I agree with Loren. Well said.

Permalink Reply by sk8eycat on October 4, 2011 at 11:11am

I forgot to add that Billy Graham-cracker had a lot to do with adding the undergod, too. He was all buddy-buddy with Eisenhower. It may have been the first time the evangelicals and Cat-licks cooperated in this country.

Permalink Reply by Lary9 on October 4, 2011 at 3:37pm

In fact it was the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church that put the thumb screws to Eisenhower. Eisenhower didn't care. It was Richard Nixon, VP, that was tight with Billy Graham, my friend. "Ike" was a WWII pragmatist.

Permalink Reply by sk8eycat on October 4, 2011 at 4:44pm

Oh. Okay. But the Graham-Cracker did have something to do with it, lobbying congress, or something. At one point before the voting he held one of his disgusting series of arena shows in DC.

Permalink Reply by Susi Bocks on July 8, 2011 at 11:21am