During the program there would be a flag raising ceremony were his Pledge of Allegiance would be said. Bellamy’s Pledge reads as: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic, for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. ” Bellamy added “to” in October of 1892 so it read: “to my Flag and to the Republic, for which it stands” In 1924, the Nation Flag Conference, under the Daughters of the American Revolution, changed the words “my Flag” to “the Flag of the United States of America,” under the protest of Bellamy. In 1953, the Knights of Columbus campaigned to have the words “Under God” added to the Pledge.
Their campaign got nowhere until in 1954, Rev. George Docherty preached a sermon where he said that “Apart from the mention to the phase ‘the United States of America,’ it could be the pledge of any republic. ” In the following weeks, a bill was sponsored by Senator Homer Freguson to add “Under God” to the Pledge. It was approved as a joint resolution on June 8, 1954 and signed into law on Flag Day. Since it was signed in people have argued that it is a violation of the separation of church and state and it is an unconstitutional “endorsement of religion. “Under God” should be removed from the Pledge of Allegiance because it excludes people of other religions other than Christianity and atheists. Not all religions believe in one God and even those that do, do not say the word God, like Judaism. The reason some believe that “Under God” should be left in is that it is a statement about American tradition. Although America’s founding fathers were Christian and many of the early settlers believe in some form of Christianity, America is now a nation of people from every religion and there should be some consideration to their beliefs and traditions.
The Essay on Colonial America Religion And Wealth
Jones 1 Allyson Jones Dr. Rothman Section 22 History 203 21 September 2003 Colonial America: Religion and Wealth Colonial America can best be described as a place for a new beginning. Most early settlers of what would later become America, colonized the area, in search of wealth and moral purity. They all had one dream, one goal, one aspiration, and ultimately one major concern, and/ or ideal upon ...
