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NBC Sports Removes ‘Under God’ From Kids Saying Pledge of Allegiance

Written By : Warner Todd Huston

In its intro to the 2011 U.S. Open golf tournament, NBC Sports had a heart stirring montage of Old Glory, school kids reciting the pledge of allegiance, all intercut with some of golf’s biggest contemporary stars. It had everything: resounding music, patriotism, and golf. But one thing it didn’t have… the whole pledge. It seems NBC sort of forgot the “under God” part of the pledge.

That’s right, NBC cut out the part where the kids say “under God,” as in “one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

This was obviously done on purpose. The video of the kids saying the allegiance goes from “one nation” and skips ahead to “with liberty and justice for all.”

NBC absolutely, positively meant to cut out the reference to God in the pledge. There is but one reason they did this. NBC indulged a PC effort to expunge God from our national pledge of allegiance.

There can be NO other explanation.

NBC sportscaster Dan Hicks later gave one of those non apology appoligies, one of those “we are sorry if you were offended” deals later in the broadcast.

No American should accept this weak, last second apology. Everyone should contact these un-American cretins and complain. You can do so at http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/23071620.

baoxian

Shouldn’t be a big surprise. NBC is owned by GE, whose CEO is a sitting member of the Obama Administration. NBC is a house propaganda organ for Democrats, and its credibility died with Tim Russert. Several editors and producers actively made this decision. It was no accident.
joebritton

Is the nation becoming more tolerant of atheism and animism and other unGodly perspectives? I certainly hope so. And I certainly hope that all attempts to religiously indoctrinate children is our school systems are stopped, whatever form it takes. The government, i.e., public schools, should not be in the business of religion.

StanW

And your ignorant rant has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with the topic at hand.

What other parts of our National Anthem will Liberals want to remove next, SlowJoe. You and your ilk feel that it is fine to ignore laws you don’t like and to say whatever you feel in our National Anthem.

What happened to the rule of law, SlowJoe? If you don’t like those words in our National Pledge of Alligence, then have your politicians run on that platform and pass a law to change it.

GeorgeT

Stan,

Until some law REQUIRES that one include the words “under God” when the pledge is said, there is no need to pass a law to allow the pledge to be said without those words.

StanW

What are you TALKING about? No one is advocating any new laws.

The OFFICIAL Pledge of Allegiance has the words UNDER GOD in it. Without those words, it is not the Pledge of Allegiance.

GeorgeT

Stan:

YOU are suggesting a law needs to be passed before the Pledge is said differently. To quote:

“What happened to the rule of law, SlowJoe? If you don’t like those words in our National Pledge of Alligence, then have your politicians run on that platform and pass a law to change it.”

People are free, without any threat of breaking a law, to say the Pledge without “under God” in it….as it was originally written.
D-Vega

Wrong. People can say the Pledge without “under God” and it’s still the pledge.

http://TheNixonTape.Blogspot.Com Dick_Nixon

That should include the religion of Gaia worship, the myth of man made global warming, and the peddling of lifestyles eh Joe?
earlgrey133

The pledge is the pledge. Show it all or don’t show it period. If the governing body decides to change it, as they changed our health care system, than they can do that, until then this is the pledge.

I am very tolerant of non believers, but I am not tolerant of non believers who push their agenda on me. It is just like the evangalists.

Face it, when you say “tolerant” you mean embracing. Most people have been tolerant of varying beliefs since the country was founded. You want your ideas to be the standard. That is completely different.

GeorgeT

Isn’t a pledge of allegiance that affirms the existence of a God the an act of pushing a largely christian agenda on a nation? Of course it is.

StanW

Of course it is NOT.
http://TheNixonTape.Blogspot.Com Dick_Nixon

You are factually incorrect. Christianity has a God in it’s belief system. As does the pagan islamic faith, the wiccans, Jews, Hindu’s, and Native American beliefs.

D-Vega

Not in Atheist beliefs.

NBC can have the pledge without “under God” and it’s still the pledge.

That offends you and others, but you don’t have a right NOT to be offended. Change the channel.

StanW

NBC commentator Dan Hicks said,
“Regrettably, a portion of the Pledge of Allegiance that was in that feature was edited out. It was not done to upset anyone and we’d like to apologize to
those of you who were offended by it.”

Oh Yes It WAS!

It was done on purpose, Mr. Hicks. Those two words were specifically and deliberately removed from the clip. And it was done to curry favor with the Liberals in power, who have a history of deliberately removing those two words from the pledge. You and your network did not care in the least if the removal of “Under God” offended anyone. You wer more concerned with the vocal but insignificant MINORITY that MIGHT be offended if those words were included.

In the future Mr. Hicks, and anyone else at NBC, stop trying to be something that you are not (patriotic). I wish you luck in forgetting this incident, because I know WE WON’T!
TeaPartyNation

the ONLY surprise about this despicable action from the N(itwit)B(iased-socialist)C(lowns) network is that they didn’t dub-in “Praise Allah” where “under God” should be.
TheMartha

Apology accepted.

StanW

Non-Apology NOT accepted, you treasonous whore.

I refuse to allow an American-hating POS to speak for the patriotic Americans here. NBC did this deliberately, and the pissy little “…sorry of your were offended by our actions” whine will NOT be accepted!

TheMartha

Speak for yourself, stan.

StanW

I am, so PISS OFF, Bitch!

TheMartha

You cloaked your spittle-flecked tirade under the mantle of “the patriotic Americans here”. You are a) neither one of us nor b) speak for us.

StanW

RealPolitik, you have shown yourself to be an anti-American POS on numerous occasions, so I do not include YOU in US.

Again, piss off!

GeorgeT

“America” is not a “Christian” Country that requires christianity to be pushed on its citizens. Not believing in God and not wanting to promote christianity has nothing to do with Patriotism…Except among those who are unable to distinguish the two.

StanW

America is a Christian nation, founded on Christian principles, that cherishs it’s religious freedom. All faiths are welcome here, so long as they too abide by that same religious freedom.

God does not equal Christian, George.

GeorgeT

Let me correct you. The U.S. is a nation comprised largely of Christians. But it is not a “christian nation”. That suggests a theocratic republic, along the lines of islamic countries in which Koran law, forms the basis for the relationship between the people and the state and the basis for its civil laws.

America is nothing of the sort. The Constitution, which defines the relationship between the people and the government, has no sectarian element to it.

There you go.
D-Vega

America is not a Christian nation. America is a secular nation.

Tom_pinko_Delay

What the hell do kids reciting the Pledge of Allegiance have to do with golf? To me, that’s the more offensive thing that NBC has done: use children as props to stir up feelings of patriotism … for a golf tournament?

StanW

Yes, Pinko. How dare ANYONE be allowed to show a love for their country.

Tom_pinko_Delay

What does love of country have to do with golf, Stan?

baoxian

So will you be protesting NBC if they play bagpipes and show the Union Jack during the British Open? And you wonder why you brain-dead liberals (correctly) get called anti-American.

Tom_pinko_Delay

There is a big difference between showing a US flag flapping in the breeze at the US Open and having children recite the Pledge, as the Pledge is not something associated with sporting events.

StanW

The same thing it has to do with baseball, and football, and auto racing…

The golf tournament was held in THE UNITED STATES, Pinko. Or is America the only country that shoudl not have any national pride?

http://davidscommonplacebook.wordpress.com/ David Hoffman

No we shouldn’t because the United States is such a racist,sexist, bigoted country that oppresses the third world, and I forget what else the liberals think.
GeorgeT

The point is not that the pledge shouldn’t be said. The point is that the newly added “under God” line is an affront American values.

StanW

Under God is not “newly added”, George. And it is only an affront to American-haters like you.

GeorgeT

There you go again, suggesting that “God” and America are synonymous. That’s crazy talk.

Also, the Pledge was written in 1892 without “Under God” in it. It was changed to include “under God” in 1954.

By the way, the pledge was written by an avowed socialist. Did you know that??

earlgrey133

If you feel that way, than change the law. In the meantime, the pledge should be sad as written. If it offends you than too bad. There is plenty that takes place in this country that offends me.

GeorgeT

No law says that a citizen of the U.S. must under penalty say the pledge with “under god” in it.

If it offends you that some say it without “under God” in it, then too bad.

D-Vega

They don’t recite the Pledge at any of those events, Stan.

That’s the national anthem, not the pledge.

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MRPLUTO

StanW: Read the Constitution! It says nothing about being “under God”. In fact, the word “god” doesn’t even appear in the Constituion.

Your constant use of adolescent insults indicates you don’t have any real points to make, so it looks like you lost this argument. We are “One nation, under the Constitution”, not anyone’s god.

If you have any specific, intelligent arguments you should make them or be silent. Your previous comments make you sound like a rabid facist.

StanW

Who are you and why should I care about what you have to say in the least? If you have an issue with the way I post, feel free to ignore them and not respond.

The phrase was added to the Pledge (not to the Constitution as you so ignorantly claimed) over 50 years ago. If anyone has a problem with it, then don’t recite the Pledge. But dropping or adding words to it jest because you feel like doing it is an insult to this country!

GeorgeT

It’s not an insult to the country. Saying the pledge without “Under God” in it is an insult, apparently, to those who believe “America” and “God” are synonymous. Which of course they are not.

Trench_Raider

No child.
I have news that might suprise you. I’m an agnostic, yet the cutting of the line from the pledge offends me too. It’s part of the pledge and if you are going to say t, you should say the whole thing. It’s akin to cutting out the parts of history that you happen to disagree with and it’s symptomatic of the larger war by the left on most of our traditions. You clowns on the left (correctly) identify tradition as a natural enemy of your “prgressive” agenda and thus you seeak to tear them down. Also, destoying a people’s prive, traditions, history, and heroes is a sure way to weaken them. You hate the US and what it statds for, so of course you seak to do just that.

As for the line “under god” itself, I have no problem saying it, despite my own personal lack of religous belief…because if you think about it, it’s a statement of fact. The majority of of Americans profess to believe in a god or follow an organized religion. The vast, vast majority of those folks follow a monotheistic religion of some sort. Therefore they are “under god”. So given the religous nature of a plurality of the poulation, it’s simply a statement of fact and not some imagined “endorsement of Christianity”.

TR

D-Vega

And if a private company or individual don’t want to say “under God” as part of their pledge, that is fine as well.
GeorgeT

“It’s akin to cutting out the parts of history that you happen to disagree with and it’s symptomatic of the larger war by the left on most of our traditions”

No, it’s akin to disagreeing with policy you consider wrong. Had I denied “Under God” had been put into the pledge in 1954 then you’d have a point.

Of course the other problem with your comment is that “under God” is the only part of the pledge that does not apply to all Americans…
fiza1

I thought trench raider was banned for life!
Trench_Raider

Vega- Then it’s fine for us to call them out of their decision to cut and paste the pledge.

George- Ah, but it applies to a large majority. It’s doesn’t apply to me, as I’m a non-believer too. But I’m fine with that as I’m not some over-sensitive hand wringer who is offended at any mention of religion. (something I’m sure burns you up) The only people who have issues with the pledge are a small, yet vocal minority. We should not throw aside our long standing traditions for the whims of a small whiney minority.

No one is harmed by saying the entire pledge. Thus it’s mostly the same tired old leftist faux-outrage used to further a larger destructive agenda.

Fiza troll- Nope. Apparenlty not as I can openly post without using a proxy and from my home email account. The ban must have been lifted. Thanks, Hawkins! You actually got one right for a change….

TR
GeorgeT

When our longstanding traditions are wrong, offensive, and an embarrassment to our country, we most definitely should throw them out. With “under God” in our Pledge, we look a lot like Iran—a country unable pull themselves out of iron age philosophies and given to fantasies.

D-Vega

Saying the pledge without “under God” is not an insult to the country.

Atheists do it all the time, and they are no less patriotic than you are.

Where do you get this nonsense from?

earlgrey133

The people that first came to the shores of this country risked their lives for religious freedom. It wasn’t a pledge that scared them. They were threatened with harsh punishment and imprisonment. Some of these people died trying to find a free place to worship as they choose.

What would they think of the people on this forum whining about 2 words being in a pledge they are not even required to say?

http://www.wordaroundthenet.com Christopher Taylor

I think they’d be amazed that a company thought it was a good idea to cut out the words “under God” from the event and even more amazed that people like you would defend it.

GeorgeT

Christopher’s correct. They would be amazed on both accounts.

But of course the first people who came to this country were about as intolerant as you could be when it comes to a diversity of beliefs and we can be thankfully there kind has largely been run into the darkest corners of our culture.
D-Vega

It was definitely a bad idea. They have the right to express the pledge with “under God” but it’s a net negative for them by a huge margin because they offended a huge chuck of their audience. Even if a huge chunk of their audience prefer the pledge without “under God”, they wouldn’t be that offended if they left it in.

A Golf audience is also older and more conservative. They screwed the pooch here.

fiza1

“That’s right, NBC cut out the part where the kids say “under God,” as in “one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.””

Kind of like when the Catholics used to loudly end the “Our Father” prayer loudly with “Amen” while the protestants added another sentence.

Who was it now who wrote the original Pledge of Allegiance? A Socialist Baptist minister?
http://lochemya.blogspot.com Lochemya David

Near the end of the Canadian national anthem:

“G-d keep our land, glorious and free.”
Jim

How about a list of NBC Sports advertisers. or at least NBC. They should feel a pinch in the pocket.!
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