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I wish there was a god so I could tell god to go fuck himself.

In the Pledge "Under God" was added years later. The Pledge is idiotic in the first place. No one in the world should pledge allegiance to a country. The whole notion of a country is a toxic construct.

And Mennonites will NOT be the ruling entity in a Christian theocracy. Protestants vs Catholics would be bad enough of a civil war.

Cooperating teacher should remove her from the program for this ignorance.

Not to mention that phrase was added in 1954 to (supposedly) distinguish the US from “godless (Soviet) communists”. So really just some Cold War propaganda. At the behest of the Knights of Columbus.

Indeed...and what they were laughing at is that they "cleverly" made it seem like "under God" was in the original Pledge of Allegiance even though it was not. It was more Red Scare bullshit in 1954.

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Exclusive video of reporter:

Yep.

Studying to become a homeschool teacher.

low IQ reporters they have now - they fired all the experts 🙄

The Onion is the Tom Clancy of newspapers.

If your kids ever come home saying they're in "Ms. Stursman's class", look it up and see if it's Abigail over here. If so, get your kids switched to another class if the school won't just fire her for being an idiot.

I also enjoy the detail of the Mennonite vocal group.

I’m surprised the WaPo editors let that one slip by. Abigail Stursman, you are going to have a bad couple of days.

I'd find this a lot funnier if this kind of stuff didn't run the government right now. As it stands, I'm wondering when the swat team is going to break down my door and force me to go to church under threat of death. Illegally, like that would matter.

It was Madison who really drove the “no established state religion” element of the 1A after seeing Quakers jailed for preaching in Virginia.

When forced by societal norms to utter a performative incantation to a country I've protected and championed my entire life with word and deed, I loudly exclude the "under god" going directly instead from "one nation" to With liberty and justice for all".

Why does the media insist on quoting and platforming absolute morons?

Oh Abigail, you ignorant little mouthpiece

Wellnow, maybe Anna hasn't had her high-school-level government course yet. At 20.

I certainly hope Abagail isn't studying to be a civics teacher.

A work colleague claimed the constitutional reference to me also. When I pointed out that the only mentions of religion at all in the Constitution were in the negative he just walked off. Never brought up religion with me again. 😂

And “under God” was only added to the Pledge in 1954.

Taint? I’m going to hell.

I wonder🤔 Is god left- or right-carrying?

Easy answer: France.

Beware of god's chosen people

Lol Heretics.

Study harder Abigail

What sentence?

And it was added in the 50’s. The original pledge did not refer to “god”

Fun fact -- the Confederate constitution *does* include the word "God." I wonder if she got them mixed up.

idk man if you work at WaPo at this point the only thing that makes you laugh is tripping up children on the street so that their ice cream lands on the asphalt

Constitution does have "in the year of our lord"

We are doomed.

Oh man we are so cooked as a nation

Imagine going through life being that stupid.

And "under god" and "in God we trust" are recent, Red Scare inventions, right?

"under god" wasn't even in there until the 50s

She claims the constitution mentions a deity. Critics have a different take

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Most certainly the constitution is no document for christians to abuse!

Even that was only added in the 1950s during the Cold War.

Not sure about Mennonite vocals, but fuck can they run #letterkenny

Also, the original pledge had no “under God” in it. It was added later by christian fanatics. I never include it when I say the pledge

The DOI says stuff about endowed by our creator, so I think we’re technically subject to a YouTuber.

G-d help us all.

I’m pretty sure if their God has his hand anywhere it’s either in my wallet or down someone’s pants

Reporters dream about moments like this. I had a few myself back in the day. 😁

Added in 1954.

And the money

The original pledge written for The Youth's Companion by Francis Bellemy was: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands,one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Under God was added during the Red Scare to distinguish us from those Godless commies.

Well they do no longer consider themselves red

Wait until they here the pledge was written by an avowed socialist

And the man who wrote the pledge was a racist socialist. He also wrote the pledge in order to sell flags and not for patriotism. AND the original pledge was done like a Nazi salute. AND it wasn’t made mandatory in schools until the 40s or 50s. How did America get by without it all those years 🤷

At 8 I felt like a jackass pledging allegiance to anything, especially a flag. Most of us couldn't remember the words. Still don't.

Also that the guy who originally wrote the Pledge without mentioning "god" was actually a Baptist minister. Okay, being a Baptist may explain that - but it makes his point stronger: That you don't have to believe in God to believe in America.

It was the last bone they were thrown that has well and truly stuck so of course they're trying to canonize it

True. I’ve heard that before from even pre-MAGA mod-cons.