"I salute the flag of Virginia, with reverence and patriotic devotion to the ‘Mother of States and Statesmen,’ which it represents—the ‘Old Dominion,’ where liberty and independence were born."
Hard to see what's wrong with the wording. Perhaps they're objecting to the part about liberty being born in Virginia.
There is nothing wrong with the wording. They are simply trying to increase their power. I note that the article saw fit NOT to include the actual words of the pledge--leaving the reader in ignorance of what "might" be offensive.