Americans: When you say the pledge, you say, "I pledge allegiance. To the flag. Of the United States of America. And to the republic. For which it stands. One nation. Under God. Indivisible. With liberty and justice for all." rather than as one sentence like it was written, amirite?

Its hard to say it in one sentence after, we've learned it like that.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't say 'Under God' though.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hey.. Sooo, you're not saying that part why? It's part of the pledge. I'd say that's disrespectful.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't say 'under God' because I don't believe in God, obviously. While reciting the pledge, I'm still pledging allegiance to my country, so I highly doubt two words omitted is going to make a huge difference.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

People like you who leave out those two important words are ignorant and disrespectful. That is how it was written. You're as stubborn and immature as a two year old for not wanting to say 'under God'.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Excuse me, but I'm ignorant for not pretending to believe in a deity? Get your fucking facts straight too. "Under God" was added in 1954. The Pledge of Allegiance was composed in 1892. Like I said before, I'm still pledging my allegiance to the country, so why should two words matter? Plus, how is 'under God' such an important part of the pledge? It didn't originally include it, which I believe it should have never been included.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i dont say the pledge. i disagree with a country that forces its children to pledge their allegiance to it when they probably dont even know what allegiance means. i also disagree with the words 'under god.'

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You should try living in Singapore. We have to say the pledge and sing the national anthem EVERY DAY and when we're not loud enough our teachers will force us to do it all over again. What makes me sick is that the pledge says "racial and religious harmony" when racial stereotypes are still existing in schools.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I was never forced to say the pledge. All you really have to do is stand there with your hand on your heart and say nothing.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Okay. Feel free to leave the country when you can. Go to a different country. Sure, you might not have as many rights, freedoms, opportunities, but whatever.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Why should he? He is in all his rights to just stand there it is called a free country for a reason.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If he doesn't like the country, he should go somewhere that makes him happy.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

He didn't say he didn't like the country he said he wasn't forced to say the pledge. If you don't feel like saying well okay good for you and if you wanna say well say it proudly.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I quote: "i disagree with a country that forces its children to pledge their allegiance to it when they probably dont even know what allegiance means." He disagrees with the country. Sounds like dislike to me.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oops I didn't see who Thomas really was I thought it was that guy Kurrainette but still he made a good point nobody should be forced to sayit, but then again kids really don't understand what any of it means so they'll just go along. It wasn't dislike either he just is stating his opinion nothing wrong with that.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

He said dislike. I knew what it meant. My teachers taught it to everyone in 1st or 2nd grade.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Okay this time he didn't say what you said. He said I disagree. I learned the pledge in kinder and I had no clue what it meant I mean I didn't even know English. Now it's different though I say the pledge because I like this country it might not be perfect but still I rather live here than in any other country.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i didnt say dislike, i said disagree you dumb bitch. and you act like every other country in the world is like a dictatorship or something. and why did you feel the need to get your panties in a bunch because of my opinion?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I was actually pretty calm. You're calling /me/ the dumb bitch, but okay. And I'm just saying America has a lot of freedoms and gives you many rights. Don't flip out...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

our rights are being taken away. and you kind of are a dumb bitch:/

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You make me giggle, I hope you know.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i'll make you giggle hello

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Go somewhere else then.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

how about you get off my dick.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I used to think the word was "invisible". Never quite made sense to me.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Two things: It isn't grammatically correct if it is really one sentence, and it isn't grammatically correct even if it is more than one sentence.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Why can't it be one sentence?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

its grammatically correct as one sentence.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all" That is the sentence without punctuation. Punctuate it to make it a grammatically correct sentence.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty, and justice for all

by Anonymous 13 years ago

or something like that. commas ftw!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No one cares that you disagree with it, saying it is just how it is

by Anonymous 13 years ago

it does make sense as one sentence.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

good to know, even though my post had nothing to do with that

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I totally agree, but there need to be even more periods than that in the With liberty. And justice. For all. xD And I used to think they were completely different words. "I pledge allegiance. To the flag. For the United States of America. And to the republic. Before witches stand. One national God. Invisible. With liberty and justice for all." I was a weird little kid...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I haven't even stood for the pledge since eighth grade because the pledge is a lie. 1) There is no God. So standing under the name of a nonexistent being seems silly. 2) Not everyone is equal or has the full benefits of liberty. I can't swear to something that isn't true. 3) The justice system, although this doesn't apply to every individual within the system, is corrupt because human beings are essentially corrupt.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's still respectful to stand. Just because you don't believe in God doesn't mean you have to be disrespectful and stay sitting down. I've been to church events (for example, the church will bring a bunch of people to the lake to swim or something) and if there's a prayer I'll bow my head as a sign of respect. You also have to remember that this country was founded (for the most part) by Christians. For parts 2 and 3, those are things we are striving for. Will it ever be perfect? Of course not. Just try to be respectful.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The United States was not founded by Christians; most of the Founding Fathers were Deists.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And most of the people voting (this is a democracy, correct?) were Christians. Most of the people who came over from from Europe were Christians.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Don't you just love how everybody is turning this into a debate on how it says "under God"?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm atheist, and I still say the pledge. It shows respect to our nation. Y'know, the reason we have rights, freedoms, free education, safety, etc. It's "under God". Saying the words won't kill you or harm your pride.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Same here and I really like this country.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And even if you disagree with those two words: you don't have to say them. I personally don't agree with why those words came into the Pledge, so I say the Pledge without those two words. You can say the pledge without saying the parts you don't like.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

you don't necessarily make a large pause, but it's broken up that way so it was easier to teach to 6 year olds and to allow inhaling

by Anonymous 13 years ago

We didn't learn until high school that there's not supposed to be a pause between "one nation" and "under God"..

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Why do people take pride in not saying "under God?" I understand that you follow another religion or are atheist, but it is two words...not a Christian prayer. Feel free to remain silent, but you have no reason to boast about it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's still said as one sentence. It just has pauses in order for everyone to say it in unison.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm sorry - even though I'm American, I really can't stand all this American Supremacy mumbo-jumbo. It just bothers me, as it bothers me how people say that the U.S. is the best country in the world. I just don't like it - I mean, who else decided that? It was just the U.S. going, 'We've got immense military strength - let's say we're the BEST COUNTRY EVER!' I repeat I'm sorry - it just bothers me.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

meh. the flag won't care if I don't stand anyways. who am I disrespecting by not standing? It's a constitutional right to refuse to stand for the pledge and can be considered more American by standing by the constitution. After saying it a million times in elementary school the whole patriotic thing has lost it's meaning for me. I'll probably never stand to recite the pledge again.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's polite. It's not polite to sit for the pledge, even though not saying it is fine. You are saying it for yourself; you are standing for others, and it is unfair to do it for yourself.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

@957816: Do you realize that Christianity makes up less than %20 of the religious world? Most of the world is Catholic or Judhist, especially in that time period. Christianity recently became a popular religion and gained most of it's followers within the last hundred years.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm an American and I don't say the pledge, cause I love America but I don't love some limerick that was invented by a flag salesman, bitchess :D

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't know if anyone else had this problem but I was raised to say the words and take the quickest breaths you could but when I moved to another state not only did these people not know the pledge by heart by age like 14, the news team had to read off a piece of paper, and they took the slowest breaks possible. To give you an idea, you could walk at least 25 yards/22.86 meters before they said the next line.

by Anonymous 11 years ago