The school board in Fargo, North Dakota, has voted by a margin of 7-2 to no longer recite the Pledge of Allegiance at meetings.
The claim against the pledge is that it doesn’t meet the school system’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
In case you haven’t noticed, diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are almost exclusively used to advance progressive, left-wing values that tear down American traditions and expressions of patriotism.
Valley News Live reports:
Fargo School Board votes 7-2 to no longer recite the Pledge of AllegianceThe wrestling match over the Pledge of Allegiance at Fargo School Board meetings has reached a resolution. In a 7-2 vote on Tuesday, the school board moved to not recite the pledge before their meetings.The debate goes back to February when a motion to have the Pledge recited at meetings, brought forward by board member David Paulson, died for a lack of a motion for a second. The matter worked its way back to a March board meeting, where it passed. The Pledge has been recited at the start of each board meeting since April 12.Board Vice President Seth Holden then requested that the issue be discussed again at the board meeting on August 9, saying he wanted to rescind the March decision after hearing comments from board members and the public. Holden says the Pledge of Allegiance doesn’t align with the school district’s diversity, equity and inclusion values.
Here’s more from the In Forum report referenced in that tweet:
The problem that Holden saw in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance came down to two words.Under God.”Given that the word ‘God’ in the text of the Pledge of Allegiance is capitalized,” Holden said. “The text is clearly referring to the Judeo-Christian god and therefore, it does not include any other face such as Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, all of which are practiced by our staff and students at FPS.”Even Atheists and Agnostics are excluded from the pledge, Holden added, saying it is a “non-inclusionary act”.Holden admitted he’s not trying to get rid of the Pledge of Allegiance, but that it couldn’t possibly fit in with the school district’s principles of inclusion.The school’s website states, “Education is better where schools are composed of students, teachers, and families drawn from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, cultures, “races”/ethnicities, religions, and sexual orientations.”
Insufferable, politically correct, woke, progressive politics absolutely ruin everything.
The people pushing this ideology are obsessed with controlling other people, and are incapable of the tolerance they demand of others.
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