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mzteris

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36. the one I learned did NOT have

Thu Nov 29, 2012, 11:34 PM

Nov 2012

"under god" in it.

ANd I learned it in Georgia and said it in south Alabama.

It came as a shock when as an adult I went to my kid's school and we were all saying it and we got to "that part" - I was really confused. Had to go home and look it up.

Then I remembered that there had been a whole "thing about adding 'under gawd'" but I didn't memorize it that way and it still doesn't flow for me when it's in there.

My son would say "under Buddha". They soon stopped saying it when he was around. lol.

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What form of the Pledge of Allegiance did you learn? [View all] dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 OP

"under god, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all." But God didn't come into the picture... Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #1

Same here. NT BainsBane Nov 2012 #11

That's the one I learned. Lugnut Nov 2012 #49

they added...'under God' spanone Nov 2012 #2

When, if ever, was "under god" removed from the pledge? dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #6

It was never part of the original pledge. Not until 1954. LiberalFighter Nov 2012 #10

The one I learned in elementary school did not include "under god." RebelOne Nov 2012 #3

...indivisible, with liberty blah blah immoderate Nov 2012 #4

Same here. marybourg Nov 2012 #33

"under God" etc etc etc nt Raine Nov 2012 #5

the one with "under god" but I refused to say the Solly Mack Nov 2012 #7

Why did you refuse to say the pledge? dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #13

A friend of mine was made to leave the room Solly Mack Nov 2012 #28

Hope your parents were proud of you for that. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #44

I have always left our the "under god" part IphengeniaBlumgarten Nov 2012 #15

i did the same.. la la Nov 2012 #22

It was added before I was born. Solly Mack Nov 2012 #32

I still don't say it connecticut yankee Nov 2012 #40

me too! got in lots of trouble. Mom had to go down to the school board. robinlynne Nov 2012 #17

I didn't get into trouble really. More a case of being seen as boat-rocker after that. Solly Mack Nov 2012 #30

and thta is a good thing. imho. robinlynne Nov 2012 #43

wasn't added until 1954 dhol82 Nov 2012 #8

Learned the under God version Irishonly Nov 2012 #9

we sang The Eyes of Texas Are Upon you every morning nt msongs Nov 2012 #12

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

The revised version with "under God" added, NashvilleLefty Nov 2012 #18

I was one of the weird kids who never said it for religious reasons. hunter Nov 2012 #19

I learned the one without "under God." First grade, MineralMan Nov 2012 #20

Me too! burrowowl Nov 2012 #39

I learned the under god version. JoeyT Nov 2012 #21

The doc I was watching is "Why We Fight" dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #45

Depending on what year the pledge was from, JoeyT Nov 2012 #61

OMG..I had never seen that. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #63

Bellamy was the guy that wrote the pledge. JoeyT Nov 2012 #64

Kicker is Bellamy was a socialist. Tell that to the right-wingers who live and die by The Pledge. NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #66

Huh. I never knew that. JoeyT Nov 2012 #68

This is a country that wouldn't pass a one-sentence amendment saying NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #69

I stumbled on this about Bellamy salute..apparently WE gave it to the Naxis. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #70

I think... MyshkinCommaPrince Nov 2012 #23

I learned the first one first.. by the time annabanana Nov 2012 #24

I was in junior high school in 1954. Lionel Mandrake Nov 2012 #25

Mexicans, at the cry of war, Xipe Totec Nov 2012 #26

"has given you a soldier in every son." dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #46

They added "under God" when I was in high school. lob1 Nov 2012 #27

under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. nt bluestate10 Nov 2012 #29

None of my schools did the pledge in Middle School and High School. nt bluestate10 Nov 2012 #31

Late '60s/early' 70s... Under God was the only version I knew. gtar100 Nov 2012 #34

It seems like most of the kids in my classes just mumbled it Art_from_Ark Nov 2012 #42

I vaguely remember HillWilliam Nov 2012 #35

the one I learned did NOT have mzteris Nov 2012 #36

Kids who learned the older version helped win two world wars. It didn't seem brewens Nov 2012 #37

The one where invisible witches stand jberryhill Nov 2012 #38

I was in 4th grade when "under god" was added. nt Speck Tater Nov 2012 #41

To that end, if you were raised religious, what form of the Ten Commandments did you learn? Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2012 #47

Was not raised religious. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #52

They're all OK -- as long as there are 10 of them. immoderate Nov 2012 #67

The original. Was in kindergarten in 1945. jwirr Nov 2012 #48

I learned the under god version too... PoliticalBiker Nov 2012 #50

We had to recite on all fours, naked Atman Nov 2012 #51

Hey Atman.... dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #53

Was I gone? Atman Nov 2012 #54

Have not seen you much of late dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #56

I pledge allegiance to the bag LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #55

"nickel or dime" bag dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #57

Version with under God regjoe Nov 2012 #58

The one without the Deity. I didn't like it either. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2012 #59

I learned the original one. Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #60

the under god one arely staircase Nov 2012 #62

I was in 3rd Grade at St Mary's school.....when they added the "Under God" phrase... Rene Nov 2012 #65