I will almost certainly be flamed for this, but I don't like the pledge at all. It has nothing to do with 'under God'.
The flag is a symbol of the state. It could be a symbol of hope or of tyranny, depending on the government that is in power.
I am not a supporter of 'my country right or wrong' and that is what pledging allegiance to the flag implies to me. Pledging allegiance to the Constitution makes much more sense
By the way, have you ever really taken a minute to look at our flag. There's nothing like it on earth! What can I say... proud to be an American each and every day.
The flag is a symbol of the state. It could be a symbol of hope or of tyranny, depending on the government that is in power.
Let me see, our government goes from hope to tyranny routinely right?
This guy got what he damn well deserved. Millions have died so this jacka$$ could employ his "Constitutional Right". It was also the "Constitutional Right" of the people to remove him...and they did. Hope the SOB learns a bit of patriotism.
While I have no prob w/ pledging allegiance to my flag, & I'm not gonna flame you, either :-).
I kinda understand where you are coming from--after all, is it not true that the Pledge was written by a SOCIALIST? Does anyone know if this is true of not?
I think it's GREAT that "Under God" is still in the Pledge....enjoy saying it while you can, folks. IF I was King & had the authority to snap my fingers & change any part of it, I'd take the word "indivisible" out of it, 'cuz IMO, using that word seems to imply that the nation is greater than the states from which it was born...& it was either Washington of Jefferson (???) who said that THAT type of thinking would be one where the slave would be greater than his master (I wish I could remember the exact phrase).
Move to French Canada you F'in idiot. They would agree with you
The phrasing is "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, ..." The Flag is only a symbol of the Republic and the Republic's foundation is the Constitution. If your support and loyalty to it are conditionally given, only if the government never makes mistakes, you are not really loyal to it. Does a husband have loyalty to his wife only if she never makes a mistake or vice versa? What person or group of people in this world can live up to your condition of perfection?
Just like a marriage you either support your country through thick and thin and try to fix the things that are wrong or you aren't really committed to it at all.