Jun 14 1954
At the Lincoln Memorial, President Dwight Eisenhower signs a law inserting the words "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance. Eisenhower declares: "From this day forward, the millions of our schoolchildren will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty." Precisely which Almighty is left to the listener's imagination.
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June 14 is Flag Day.
I would agree. This was the start of the big push to create a Christian theocratic nation. And we came precariously close.
QUOTE (RealLiberal1 @ Jun 14 2008, 05:53 AM) 
I would agree. This was the start of the big push to create a Christian theocratic nation. And we came precariously close.
Why then, at that time, do you think? Was it a response to "godless" Communism?
QUOTE (Tyo @ Jun 14 2008, 11:19 AM)
Why then, at that time, do you think? Was it a response to "godless" Communism?
Yep, they did this during the height of McCarthyism and the Cold War.
Atheism, would lead to Communism, you see. And then soon.... Bolsheviks in every bathroom.
QUOTE (Seeker1 @ Jun 14 2008, 08:43 AM)
Yep, they did this during the height of McCarthyism and the Cold War.
Atheism, would lead to Communism, you see. And then soon.... Bolsheviks in every bathroom.
Atheism, would lead to Communism, you see. And then soon.... Bolsheviks in every bathroom.
QUOTE (Seeker1 @ Jun 14 2008, 08:43 AM)
Atheism, would lead to Communism, you see. And then soon.... Bolsheviks in every bathroom.
I thought I had one in my bathroom, but it turned out to just be a Republican cockroach.
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