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under god isn't even part of the original

Posted on: July 18, 2016 at 15:13:34 CT
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Author Kevin Kruse asserts that the underlying movement behind inserting "under God" into the pledge was an effort by corporate America, despite being initiated by a private religious fraternity and references to God existing in previous versions of the pledge, to instill in the minds of the people that capitalism and free enterprise were heavenly blessed. Kruse acknowledges the insertion of the phrase was influenced by the push-back against atheistic communism during the Cold War, but argues the longer arc of history shows the conflation of Christianity and capitalism as a challenge to the New Deal played the larger role.[
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Oh lord. FBI agent in BR just quoted the pledge and - hefeweizen MU - 7/18 14:46:41
     under god isn't even part of the original - catbirdseat MU - 7/18 15:13:34
          Who is 'author Kevin Kruse'? - Spanky KU - 7/18 15:18:08
               all you rubes totally missed my point. He left it out and - hefeweizen MU - 7/18 15:19:14
                    It is part of the Pledge.. since 1954.. - Spanky KU - 7/18 15:27:49
                         does it make you angry that he did?(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 7/18 15:29:03
                              No.. it make me question why he did something like that... - Spanky KU - 7/18 15:38:19
     The State hates competition (nm) - pickle MU - 7/18 15:06:21
          you got that right, catfish (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 7/18 15:15:37
          only people hate. - mizzou alum 93 MU - 7/18 15:11:19
               He does not understand what a state is and keeps assignng - TigerMatt MU - 7/18 15:32:00
     OMG! (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 7/18 15:00:13
     The "under God portion" was added by Ike in '54 - raskolnikov MU - 7/18 14:57:43
          It was added by Congress in 1954 - Spanky KU - 7/18 15:13:22
          Interesting that something that's been part of our culture - hokie VT - 7/18 15:11:34
               RE: Interesting that something that's been part of our culture - 90Tiger MU - 7/18 15:15:19
                    Wow. Quoting birdseat. IIUC, the bill of rights was not - hokie VT - 7/18 15:18:06
                         It was the reason it was added that was interesting, but - 90Tiger MU - 7/18 15:41:02
                              that's a whole lot of straw there, 90. - mizzou alum 93 MU - 7/18 15:42:25




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