Why Pledge Allegiance?
Do you swear? No, but I know all the words. That is a line from a Three Stooges short where Curly is being sworn in to testify in a courtroom. The Pledge of Allegiance, recited hundreds of millions of times since its creation in 1892, has frequently been the center of controversy. So how could this little phrase be so controversial: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Let’s take a look at the history of the pledge. Did you know that the Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, a Socialist Baptist Minister? The National Education Association requested the pledge be written to demonstrate the unity of our growing diversity in public schools. A believer in the absolute separation of church and state, it is safe to say that when his ubiquitous pledge was modified in 1954during the Joseph McCarthy l...