[Proud_USA_Republican]

The city council compares reciting the Pledge of Alligence to the Communist Manifesto and the Mayor calls the pledge "divisive".

Home of Nike U. aka University of Oregon. Why am I not shocked at all?

[Proud_USA_Republican]

correction: *Allegiance*

[Responsibility2nd]

Maybe if they said it this way....

“Juro lealtad a la bandera de los Estados Unidos de América, ya la república que representa, una nación bajo Dios, indivisible, con libertad y justicia para todos.”

...Maybe no one would object.

[mojito]

The town is run by a bunch of commie hippies, but not all the hippies there are “progressives.”

There are a lot of veterans and bikers in Eugene who may look a bit wild around the edges, but who love the flag and revere the pledge.

[jazusamo]

The commie council of Eugene was hot to trot on passing a “living wage” law a couple years ago until many business people showed up at a meeting and flat told them they’d move their businesses out if it passed. That ended the commie’s pursuit of communism on that issue.

[svcw]

School children said it each day with their hand placed over their hearts. This statement from the article is not correct. Before WWII, the arm was raised in a sorta "hale hitler" salute.

[Wuli]

To me the only question that ought to be asked is a question to those who don’t want to take the Pledge of Allegiance at each meeting; to wit: What are you afraid of?

I suspect that deep down they don’t want to take a false oath. And what does that say??

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Ripley to crew: Why don’t we take off and nuke them from space?

[Wings-n-Wind]

Yo..... Eugene

Two easy steps:
---(1) Throw these bums out of office
---(2) Elect right-thinking patriots

[Gopher Broke]

Eugene, OR City Council website

http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&control=SetCommunity&CommunityID=267&PageID=0

Behind each councilmember’s picture is their email address. I understand they voted 5 - 2 to ban the Pledge. Who are the 2 that voted against banning the pledge??

[Notary Sojac]

Saying the Pledge of Allegiance at every conceivable occasion is just a sham if we are taking away real freedoms in the background. Getting upset about this is just like getting upset about flag burning.

For example, if the Pledge of Allegiance were to disappear from our culture entirely, but at the same time we got rid of the ATF and the TSA, I would call that a major net gain.

[Danae]

I know Mike Clark. He is one of the good guys, hands down, 100%.

[redpoll]

I used to live in the Emerald People’s Republic, right there on 18th and Kincaid, across from the university. Exposure to the leftwing aroma of the community turned me into a conservative. Oh, yes, and a fan of Nancy’s Yogurt. And Birkenstocks. Nothing in the story surprises me, except for the fact that the city council actually said the pledge of allegience for all those years preceeding this controversy.