Plan to revise Oath of Allegiance falters

Washington Times ^ | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 | By Audrey Hudson

[JohnHuang2]

Federal officials have backed away from rewriting the Oath of Allegiance taken by new citizens, after criticism from Congress and veterans who say the new pledge places less emphasis on defending the Constitution.

Public reaction to the Oath has been critical — in particular, language that calls for the defense, not support, of the Constitution "where and if lawfully required."

[JohnHuang2]

Wednesday, September 17, 2003

Quote of the Day by Holden Magroin

[okie01]

Whatever compelled the bureaucrats to revise the oath in the first place?

And why does "simplifying and updating" the pledge necessarily involve the insertion of conditions and qualifications to one's professed allegiance to the Constitution?

It ain't broke. Don't fix it.

[Iscool]

BCIS, a division of the Homeland Security Department, was rewriting the pledge to simplify and update it.

There's your new Homeland Security...The unConstitutional goon squad of the Feds knows where it's going...Too bad most of us don't...