School Drops Pledge of Allegiance for Oath to ‘Global Society’ – Parents Not Having It

The Pledge of Allegiance was established by a bipartisan Congress.  But that didn’t stop a school in Atlanta from thinking that they could make it a little better.

Did I say “a little.”  Well…  I should’ve said that they wanted to let children change it completely, into a pledge most Americans would never say.  Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School Principal Lara Zelski explained the reason for the proposed change.  And — you guessed it — it has to do with “inclusivity.”

“Over the past couple of years it has become increasingly obvious that more and more of our community were choosing to not stand and/or recite the pledge,” she told the Atlanta Journal Constitution.  They still allowed students to say the Pledge — good of them, no?  — but at a later time, and only if they wanted.  Oh, and it gets better.  She decided to let the teachers and students come up with something “better.”

“Teachers and the K-5 leadership team will be working with students to create a school pledge that we can say together at morning meeting,” that “will focus on students’ civic responsibility to their school family, community, country and our global society,” she explained.

The thing about “inclusivity” is that it never includes everyone.  This new pledge would only include students who believed the left-wing ideology of the leaders of this school system.  The Pledge of Allegiance was established by both political parties, and school administrators should not take it upon themselves to change it.

Nor should they use students as political pawns.

Thankfully, their change didn’t last long.  Within a day, the decision was reversed.

“I think parents should take heart … in that the administration was forced to change their minds and go back to having the Pledge of Allegiance,” conservative analyst Janice Crouse said. “And I think parents can learn from this that they do need to speak out, and they do need to know what’s going on so that they can speak out.”

Image Credit: U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Paul Villanueva II

Hat Tip: Eagle News