Even in a state like North Dakota, that is about 70% Republican, the words “under God” are apparently too offending to school board members. So much so, that the school board in Fargo voted 7-2 to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at meetings because it’s not inclusive or something.
This is fricken North Dakota! Not California, New York or Illinois!
Of course Ilhan Omar went to college there, so maybe I shouldn’t be all that surprised.
The Fargo, North Dakota, board of education voted Tuesday to no longer recite the Pledge of Allegiance before board meetings, which they had been doing since March.
Seth Holden, board vice president, argued against saying the Pledge of Allegiance, saying it ran counter to the district’s philosophy.
“Given that the word ‘God’ in the text of the Pledge of Allegiance is capitalized… the text is clearly referring to the Judeo-Christian God, and therefore, it does not include any other faiths such as Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism,” Holden said, adding that this made the pledge of allegiance a “non-inclusionary act.”
Holden also argued there was text within the pledge of allegiance that is “simply not true.”
“The statement that we are ‘one nation under God,’ is the Judeo-Christian God… is simply an untrue statement. We are one nation under many or no gods,” Holden added, citing the practice of many different religions in the U.S.