March 21, 2003
I pledge allegiance to the State. Fred Clark reads H. Res. 132 and notices what Congress evidently didn’t: the bill is explicitly blasphemous. From the resolution, passed 400-7 by the House:
(2) the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, including the phrase, ‘one Nation [sic], under God,’ is a patriotic act, not an act or statement of religious faith or belief […]Notes Clark:
In other words, the phrase “one nation under God”is an affirmation of America’s goodness and piety, not—as it would seem—a statement of humility before a sovereign God. The House resolution elevates patriotism above religious faith, and thus elevates America above God. This is more frighteningly imperial than anything even Richard Perle or John Bolton has said.[10:05 AM]Belief in a sovereign God places rather severe limits on the kind of patriotism the House seems to favor.
angry american ::: (view all by) ::: March 22, 2003, 09:54 PM:
the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, including the phrase, `one Nation, under God,' is a patriotic act
Soldiers are risking their lives and dying right on our television screens and these pandering cowards have the nerve to state that coerced, rote recitation is "a patriotic act"?
Hard-Hitting Moderator: Teresa Nielsen Hayden.
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