Do You Know What The Pledge Of Allegiance Means?

The Pledge of allegiance has become little more that a nursery rhyme to children. Why is this? It is because from the time they enter the school system they are taught to recite it every morning without ever being told the meaning of the words. I have no problem with school children reciting the pledge every morning, I do it my self. But we need to explain the mening of the pledge to them first. So I am going to break it down and explain it.

I Pledge Allegiance,
This phrase is likely the most over looked phrase in the pledge, and yet one of the most serious and powerful. These are not hollow words they have meaning and it a powerful meaning. When you say these words you are pledging on your sacred honor a promise that should not be taken lightly.

To The Flag,
The flag is a physical representation of the ideas that the country was founded on. By pledging allegiance to it we are actually pledging allegiance to the ideas that the country was founded upon.

And To The Republic For Which It Stands,
You are pledging allegiance to the country regardless of who is in charge of the government at the time. This is not a pledge to the government and sould not be thought of as such. It is a pledge to the constitutional government and is only valid as long as the government says within its constitutional bounds.

One Nation Under God,
Notice there is no comma, it does not say "one nation, under God" that would imply that these two things are separable when in fact they are not. Without God America will cease to be 'one nation'. So we need to stop thinking "one nation....... under God" and start thinking "one nation under God".

Indivisible,
Though we Americans may not agree on everything when push come to shove we all stand in unison for our country. When they crashed those plains into the Twin Towers almost nine years ago their goal was to destroy the American way of life, they failed instead they unified us and sent a red, white, and blue tsunami headed straight for themselves.

With Liberty And Justice For All.
Thousands of immigrants flock to america for this very reason. Not because we offer an equal ending but because we offer an equal starting point, meaning we don't guarantee that you will be as successful as Donald Trump but that you start with the same chance to be successful as Donald Trump. And because you are free to choose what you want to do for a living.

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