Posted on 09/06/2014 10:27:11 PM PDT by Borges
Lillian Gobitas Klose, whose refusal, on religious grounds, to recite the Pledge of Allegiance as a seventh grader in a Pennsylvania public school in 1935 ignited national indignation, as well as a roiling legal fight that led to an expansion of First Amendment rights, died on Aug. 22 at her home in Fayetteville, Ga. She was 90.
Her daughter, Judith Klose, confirmed the death.
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Library of Congress has her brother’s letter. Here’s the link:
http://loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr006.html
They don’t VOTE and they don’t celebrate birthdays. Nor do they associate with unbelievers.
“The commies must have loved her...”
“Francis Julius Bellamy (May 18, 1855 – August 28, 1931) was a Christian socialist minister and author,[1][2] best known for writing the American Pledge of Allegiance.”
He wanted devoted servants of the state.
That’s why I said UPHELD, not GAVE.
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I oppose the idea of a mandatory pledge. Bad enough that we have compulsory school, to be forced into a pledge to the father/motherland? No thanks.
Mandatory pledges are only needed when the thing being pledged to can’t inspire voluntary ones.
A lot of unwise things have been done to the system the Founders set up.
Thank you. You articulated well what I was merely thinking.
And if we had never heard of Hitler, that photo would not be the least bit unsettling.
RIP.
The pledge says NOTHING about the Federal government. You're pledging allegiance to America and the Republic. It's largely symbolic like standing at attention for the "Star Spangled Banner". It's a speech about love for country.
Our schools have replaced the Pledge with a lot of Hate America rhetoric which poisons the minds of our children. I suppose you'd prefer that.
I was about to reply, a commie wrote it, but see you have received that already.
I no longer recite it either. I simply stand quietly if others choose to indulge.
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