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AFA ActivismAction Alert - October 12, 2001I Pledge Allegiance - - By Red SkeltonWisconsin School Board Barr’s Pledge of Allegiance
I Pledge Allegiance (follow the link to hear audio) by Red Skelton The following words were spoken by the late Red Skelton on his television program as he related the story of his teacher, Mr. Laswell, who felt his students had come to think of the Pledge of Allegiance as merely something to recite in class each day. Now, more than ever, listen to the meaning of these words. "I've been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge of Allegiance all semester and it seems as though it is becoming monotonous to you. If I may, may I recite it and try to explain to you the meaning of each word?" I -- me, an individual, a committee of one. Pledge -- dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self pity. Allegiance -- my love and my devotion. To the flag -- our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom. Wherever she waves, there's respect because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts freedom is everybody's job! United -- that means that we have all come together. States -- individual communities that have united into 48 great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose; all divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that's love for country. And to the republic -- a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people. For which it stands, one nation -- one nation, meaning "so blessed by God" Indivisible -- incapable of being divided. With liberty -- which is freedom -- the right of power to live one's own life without threats, fear or some sort of retaliation. And Justice -- the principle or quality of dealing fairly with others. For all -- which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine. Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance... UNDER GOD Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools too? God Bless America! *** Wisconsin School Board Barr’s Pledge of Allegiance The Madison, Wisconsin, school board voted 3-2 Monday to allow only the playing of the national anthem to comply with the law — and only without the words, which some parents complained were too militaristic. In a statement released by the Madison Metropolitan Board of Education, Board President Calvin Williams called a meeting for Monday night, Oct. 15 to "reconsider how our schools will comply with the state law relative to requiring the daily offering of the Pledge of Allegiance or the National Anthem." Madison schools were reportedly deluged with hundreds of calls from across the nation after it voted 3-2 Monday night forbidding schools from using the Pledge to comply with a new state law. The law requires either the Pledge to be recited, or the National Anthem to be played at the start of each school day. ACTION NEEDEDIf you would like to communicate with the Madison School Board over their policy of not allowing the Pledge of Allegiance in the district's schools, and its upcoming meeting to reconsider the policy, the address is as follows:Calvin J. Williams, President Madison Metropolitan School District 545 West Dayton Street Madison, WI 53703 Phone: (608) 663-1659 Fax: (608) 204-0341
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