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  • A Minnesota city voted to eliminate the Pledge of Allegiance

    06/29/2019 12:55:34 PM PDT · by ClaytonForester · 50 replies
    Washington Post ^ | June 28, 2019 | Antonia Noori Farzan
    The idea was well-intentioned: City council members in St. Louis Park, Minn., a left-leaning suburb of Minneapolis, wanted to make sure that all residents felt welcome at their bimonthly meetings. So, last week, they voted to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. “I hope it’s not too controversial,” St. Louis Park City Council Member Tim Brausen told the Star Tribune. “Our community tends to be a very welcoming and increasingly diverse community, and we believe our citizens will understand." It did, in fact, prove to be controversial. “Anti-American much?” talk show host Joe Pagliarulo tweeted on Wednesday. “St Louis Park...