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U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 3, 2007 @ 2:29pm neoform

USA Today -- The Houston Chronicle says Texas has added the phrase "one state, under God" to its pledge of allegiance. Since 2003, students in the Lone Star State have been required to begin their day by pledging allegiance to the state and federal governments. Stu.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Dec 25, 2006 @ 11:54am izgood

history.vineyard.net -- Francis Bellamy (1855 - 1931), a Baptist minister, wrote the original Pledge in August 1892. He was a Christian Socialist. In his Pledge, he is expressing the ideas of his first cousin, Edward Bellamy, author of the American socialist utopian novels, Look.. Read More