{"id":5403,"date":"2005-09-30T11:00:33","date_gmt":"2005-09-30T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=5403"},"modified":"2005-09-30T11:00:33","modified_gmt":"2005-09-30T15:00:33","slug":"they-forgot-to-mention-mom-and-apple-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/they-forgot-to-mention-mom-and-apple-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"They forgot to mention Mom and apple pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ll be pleased to know Congress has so much free time on its hands that it could take time from its schedule yesterday to debate and vote on a resolution<\/a> praising the post-1954 Pledge of Allegiance.<\/p>\n

The House of Representatives on Thursday adopted a resolution sponsored by a local congressman supporting the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.<\/p>\n

The resolution by U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Temecula, expresses the belief of Congress that the words are constitutional and urges the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify the constitutional status of the pledge as soon as possible, according to a release issued by Issa’s office.<\/p>\n

“We come to this juncture because of an attempt by a very few to scour the public space of religious symbols and expression,” Issa said in a statement for the Congressional Record.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, it’s amazing that our parents and grandparents — generations who survived the Great Depression and won two World Wars — managed to remain both patriotic and religious while reciting an entirely secular Pledge of Allegiance<\/a> in school. How could these fragile institutions survive for nearly 200 years of American history with a public space scoured of religious symbols and expression? Just luck, I guess.<\/p>\n

The resolution passed the House<\/a>, of course, but I think it’s interesting that the vote wasn’t unanimous. A total of 383 members backed the resolution, but a surprising 31 members — all Dems — voted against it.<\/p>\n

I have to say, that takes some courage. Republicans, left with no winning policies or issues, want to exploit the Pledge and state-endorsed religion for all they’re worth right now. Those 31 Dems surely knew that this resolution would win overwhelmingly, but they took a stand on principle and supported separation of church and state. Good for them.<\/p>\n

Going along with the crowd surely would have been a lot easier, and few could have blamed them for holding their nose and backing the resolution. Kudos to the 31 who voted against it anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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