Nbadan
12-16-2004, 02:52 AM
DENVER -- A recall election is now set for an Estes Park, Colo., trustee who refuses to stand up and recite the Pledge of Allegiance during the Town Board meetings.
"
I have not been standing for the Pledge of Allegiance due to a conflict I have with the wording of the pledge, specifically the words 'under God,'" Councilman David Habecker said.
Habecker said it's a violation of church and state to include the words in the pledge and for that reason, he won't stand.
The board began reciting the pledge before meetings earlier this year at the suggestion of Trustee Lori Jeffrey-Clark. She suggested it as a way to show respect for the country during wartime.
Local6 (http://www.local6.com/news/3999438/detail.html)
Actually, it wasn't "One nation, under God until Ike had the words "Under God" added in the early 50s, to combat "Godless Communism"--and to kiss up to Congressional demagogues like Joe McCarthy.
Does that mean his desire to recite the Pledge as it was before, um, 1953, is somehow "Un-American"?
"
I have not been standing for the Pledge of Allegiance due to a conflict I have with the wording of the pledge, specifically the words 'under God,'" Councilman David Habecker said.
Habecker said it's a violation of church and state to include the words in the pledge and for that reason, he won't stand.
The board began reciting the pledge before meetings earlier this year at the suggestion of Trustee Lori Jeffrey-Clark. She suggested it as a way to show respect for the country during wartime.
Local6 (http://www.local6.com/news/3999438/detail.html)
Actually, it wasn't "One nation, under God until Ike had the words "Under God" added in the early 50s, to combat "Godless Communism"--and to kiss up to Congressional demagogues like Joe McCarthy.
Does that mean his desire to recite the Pledge as it was before, um, 1953, is somehow "Un-American"?