PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG?
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There are few people who realize that when they pledge allegiance to the
flag they recite a pledge written in 1892 by a socialist, to promote socialism
in the most socialistic institution -government schools.
That's an issue in the pledge debate that pre-dates the insertion
of "under God" in 1954. The pledge of allegiance was authored by the self-proclaimed socialist
Francis Bellamy. Bellamy was the first cousin of the famous American socialist,
Edward Bellamy. Edward Bellamy's futuristic novel, "Looking Backward," published
in 1888, described a utopian Boston in the year 2000. The book spawned an elitist socialist movement in Boston known
as "Nationalism," whose members wanted the federal government to nationalize
most of the American economy. Francis Bellamy was a member of this movement
and a vice president of its socialist auxiliary group. Bellamy had often lectured on the so-called "virtues of socialism
and the evils of capitalism." In 1891, he was forced to resign from his
church because of his socialist activities. He then joined the staff of
the magazine "Youth's Companion" and wrote the pledge of allegiance.
The original salute to the stars and stripes was an outstretched
hand, much like the salute of the "National Socialist Worker's Party of
Germany." After the National Socialist German Workers' Party demonstrated
full blown socialism, the U.S. flag salute changed to the modern hand over
the heart. There is something more disturbing than all of the above: Most children
are never told any of the preceding history in government schools, though
each day often includes a collective recital of the pledge. No one would trust the government to tell you the truth if it
ran the newspapers. Why would anyone expect the government to tell children
the truth in government schools? As Libertarians say: The separation of school
and state is as important as the separation of church and state. And that
is the real solution to the pledge debate and all other school issues: remove
government from education. Rex Curry is an attorney based in Tampa, and can be reached
at rexy@ij.net |
