# The Pledge of Allegiance Revisited

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pledge-of-allegiance-revisited/158371>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 1, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pledge-of-allegiance-revisited/158371 "2003-03-01T08:24:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pledge-of-allegiance-revisited/158371/1 "2003-03-01T08:24:37Z")

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[From Here (Washington Post)](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18564-2003Feb28.html)

Remember the whole “Pledge of Allegiance=Unconstitutional” deal that happened this summer? Remember the backlash? Remember that the 9th circuit decided to reconsider its ruling?

It has officially reconsidered, and has upheld its ruling, for the most part. (The pledge is now considered constitutional, but the 9th district schoolchildren cannot be led to say it in school.)

What do y’all think of the revised ruling? Personally, I think it was smart to take “baby steps” to remove the invocation of God from our national pledge.

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**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pledge-of-allegiance-revisited/158371/2 "2003-03-01T08:25:49Z")

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Oops! I see **december** has already opened a thread on the same topic.

Please close this thread, whoever sees it. If you are a mod, do not reply. This thread should die one way or another.

Sorry!

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**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pledge-of-allegiance-revisited/158371/3 "2003-03-01T08:29:45Z")

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I tried to close the thread, but I think the internet is broken. Not sure what went wrong.

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pledge-of-allegiance-revisited/158371/4 "2003-03-01T08:39:53Z")

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Ha! Neener, neener, neener!  
([Link to the other thread mentioned above.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=166394))