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Pledge of Allegiance

3 mentions in 1 episode

Oath written by Francis Bellamy in 1892 that included Under God added by Congress more than 60 years later.

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The United States is Not a Christian Nation

  • 4:22

    We stood and recited our Pledge of Allegiance, but as soon as we were done pledging to the American flag, we had to pledge to the Christian flag, and then we had to pledge allegiance to the Bible.

  • 18:28

    Under God wasn't part of Francis Bellamy's original Pledge of Allegiance, and that pledge wasn't written for the government. Speaker 1: The guy wrote it for a local. Speaker 2: Youth magazine in 1892, and it kind of took off on its own.

  • 18:56

    Under God was added to the pledge by Congress more than six decades later. By the way, Francis Bellamy, the Christian, he was also a socialist.