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Understanding Our Pledge of Allegiance




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I did an episode on The Pledge of Allegiance on 6/16/10, on my radio show (on the BlogTalkRadio network) on the recent constitutionality of its recitation being upheld by Judge Carlos Bea. As promised during the show, here is further information on the definition of the wording contained within The Pledge of Allegiance. Many of us recite it "by rote", with little understanding or thought or feeling for what the words truly mean. Our American history is interesting and so is its meaning. So, read below, and perhaps the next time you find yourself reciting these 31 words they will have more meaning for your too.


I Pledge Allegiance
(I Promise to be faithful and true (Promise my loyalty)
to the flag
(to the emblem that stands for and represents)
of the United States
(all 50 states, each of them individual, and individually represented on the flag)
of America
(yet formed into a UNION of one Nation.)
and to the Republic
(And I also pledge my loyalty to the Government that is itself a Republic, a form of government where the PEOPLE are sovereign,)
for which it stands,
(this government also being represented by the Flag to which I promise loyalty.)
one Nation under God,
(These 50 individual states are united as a single Republic under the Divine providence of God, "our most powerful resource" (according to the words of President Eisenhower))
Indivisible,
(and can not be separated. (This part of the original version of the pledge was written just 30 years after the beginning of the Civil War and demonstrates the unity sought in the years after that divisive period in our history))
with Liberty
(The people of this Nation being afforded the freedom to pursue "life, liberty, and happiness",)
and Justice
(And each person entitled to be treated justly, fairly, and according to proper law and principle,)
for All.
(And these principles afforded to EVERY AMERICAN, regardless of race, religion, color, creed, or any other criteria. Just as the flag represents 50 individual states that can not be divided or separated, this Nation represents millions of people who can not be separated or divided.)


So, when we Pledge Allegiance to the United States Flag, we declare:

*Our promise to loyalty to the Flag itself.*Our promise to loyalty to our own and the other 49 States.*Our promise of our loyalty to the Government that unites us all,*Recognition that we are ONE Nation under God,*Recognition that we cannot or should not be divided or alone,*And that we understand the right to Liberty and Justice belongs to ALL of us.
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