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In reply to the discussion: What form of the Pledge of Allegiance did you learn? [View all]Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)7. the one with "under god" but I refused to say the
pledge in the 3rd grade and didn't from that point on. Eventually the pledge was no longer said in schools I attended - not sure when it stopped though.
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"under god, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all." But God didn't come into the picture...
Poll_Blind
Nov 2012
#1
I didn't get into trouble really. More a case of being seen as boat-rocker after that.
Solly Mack
Nov 2012
#30
In Kindergarten, I learned a version with lots of words I didn't understand . . .
Journeyman
Nov 2012
#14
I'm old enough to recall when the McCarthyists added "under god" - I was 10 in elementary
byeya
Nov 2012
#16
Kicker is Bellamy was a socialist. Tell that to the right-wingers who live and die by The Pledge.
NYC Liberal
Nov 2012
#66
I stumbled on this about Bellamy salute..apparently WE gave it to the Naxis.
dixiegrrrrl
Dec 2012
#70
To that end, if you were raised religious, what form of the Ten Commandments did you learn?
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2012
#47