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AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann In North Dakota, the Pledge of Allegiance was recently removed by wokeness. Or maybe it was old-fashioned Leftism.
Within the Fargo Public Schools (FPS) Board of Education, citizens partly comprising the United States of America 86’d an oath to the United States of America. Among nine members, seven voted to pluck the Pledge.
On March 22nd, it had been decided that the Pledge would begin each biweekly meeting. Then on July 28th, member Seth Holden asserted a course-reversing vote should be scheduled. Such was calendared for 7th of August.
Seth’s reason: The Pledge didn’t align with the district’s DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) values.
From local paper InForum : The problem that Holden saw in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance came down to two words. Under God. Seth’s summary: “[T]he word ‘God’ in the text of the Pledge of Allegiance is capitalized. The text is clearly referring to the Judeo-Christian god and, therefore, it does not include any other face such as Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism — all of which are practiced by our staff and students at FPS.” Furthermore, he said, the Pledge excluded atheists and agnostics.
But it’s nothing personal: Holden admitted he’s not trying to get rid of the Pledge of Allegiance, but that it couldn’t possibly fit in with the school district’s principles of inclusion. On August 7th, the Board sided with Seth. The Pledge would no longer be recited.
And it’s no surprise; per InForum, the assembly’s serious about social consciousness: The school’s website states, “Education is better where schools are composed of students, teachers, and families drawn from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, cultures, “races”/ethnicities, religions, and sexual orientations.” The district’s site even offers a Land Acknowledgement : Fargo Public Schools respectfully acknowledges that we gather on the lands of the Oceti Sakowin (Oh-chéh-tee Sha-koh-wee), who are the Dakota, […]
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