they added one nation under god to the pledge of allegiance in 1954.
they added one nation under god to the pledge of allegiance in 1954.
when did they add one nation under god to the pledge of allegiance?
1954
in 2007 when tx house of representative debbie riddle authored hb1034 to amend the tx state pledge of allegiance to the state flag by adding the words "one state under god" in order to acknowledge our "judeo-christian heritage", burnam challenged her, noting the many denominations present in texas that do not align with that heritage. representative riddle replied, "the purpose of this bill is to have our state pledge mirror our national pledge. our national pledge says, 'one nation under god.' [added 1954] i think it is altogether right and appropriate..." hb1034 passed may 4, 2007.
lon burnam
some of the judges in the 2002 ruling agreed that newdow had a right to direct the religious education of his daughter. newdow explained his view of 'freedom of religious exercise' by asking whether christians would be glad if the atheists were in the majority and if the atheists inserted into the pledge of allegiance the phrase "one nation under no god." in an interview with connie chung, newdow stated, "the constitution says the congress will make no laws respecting an establishment of religion which means that the supreme court says, and as you have said, nobody should be made to feel like an outsider. and i would only ask everyone of those people to ask themselves, if they had to say every morning when they pledged allegiance to the flag, that we were one nation under sun myung moon, or one nation under david koresh, or one nation under jesus, or one nation under mohammad, how would they feel?" thus newdow claimed that the reference to god is meaningful, and hence the court should recognize, and correct, the resulting religious bias.
criticism of the pledge of allegiance