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"Voice of Reason" <naturist@myself.com> wrote in message
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> Ted Alession wrote in message ...
> >Probably should pull the GOD out of "One nation under God" too to be
> >politically correct and so as not to offend anyone, especially the
Godless
> >cretins.
>
>     You do realize that the words "under God" were added in the 50's
during
> the Red Scare, don't you?

From a Knights of Columbus web page:

How the words "UNDER GOD" came to be added to the Pledge of Allegiance to
the
Flag

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States originated on
Columbus Day, 1893. It contained no reference to Almighty God, until in New
York City on April 22, 1951, the Board of Directors of the Knights of
Columbus adopted a resolution to amend the Pledge of Allegiance as recited
at the opening of each of the meetings of the 800 Fourth Degree Assemblies
of the Knights of Columbus by the addition of the words "under God" after
the words "one nation". The adoption of this resolve by the Supreme Board of
Directors had the effect of an immediate initiation of this practice
throughout the aforesaid Fourth Degree Assembly meetings.

At their annual State Meetings, held in April and May of 1952, the State
Councils of Florida, South Dakota, New York and Michigan adopted resolutions
recommending that the Pledge of Allegiance to be so amended and that
Congress be petitioned to have such amendment made effective.

On August 21, 1952, The Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus at its
annual meeting adopted a resolution urging that the change be made general
and copies of this resolution were sent to the President, the Vice President
(as Presiding Officer of the Senate) and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, The National Fraternal Congress meeting in Boston on
September 24, 1952, adopted a similar reolution upon the recommendation of
its President, Supreme Knight Luke E. Hart. Several State Fraternal
Congresses acted likewise almost immediately thereafter.

At its annual meeting the following year, on August 20, 1953, the Supreme
Council of the Knights of Columbus repeated its resolution to make this
amendment to the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag general and to send copies
of this resolve to the President, Vice President, Speaker of the House, and
to each member of both Houses of Congress. From this latter action, many
favorable replies were received, and a total of seventeen resolutions were
introduced in the House of Representatives to so amend the Pledge of
Allegiance as set forth in the Public Law relating the use of the Flag. The
resolution introduced by Congressman Louis C. Rabaut of Michigan was adopted
by both Houses of Congress, and it was signed by President Eisenhower on
Flag Day, June 14, 1954, thereby making official the amendment conceived,
sponsored, and put into practice by the Knights of Columbus more than three
years before.

In a message to Supreme Knight Luke E. Hart at the meeting of the Supreme
Council in Louisville, August 17, 1954, President Eisenhower, in recognition
of the Knights of Columbus in originating and sponsoring the amendment to
the Pledge of Allegiance, said:

"We are particularly thankful to you for your part in the movement to have
the words 'under God' added to our Pledge of Allegiance. These words will
remind Americans that despite our great physical strength we must remain
humble. They will help us to keep constantly in our minds and hearts the
spiritual and moral principles which alone give dignity to man, and upon
which our way of life is founded. For the contribution which your
organization has made to this cause, we must be genuinely grateful."

In August 1954, the Illinois American Legion Convention adopted a resolution
whereby recognition was given to the Knights of Columbus as having
initiated, sponsored and brought about the amendment to the Pledge of
Allegiance; and on October 8, 1954, the National Executive Committee of the
American Legion gave its approval to that resolution.