{"id":1222,"date":"2004-05-01T12:18:21","date_gmt":"2004-05-01T19:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/uncategorized\/intolerance-spreads\/"},"modified":"2004-05-01T12:18:21","modified_gmt":"2004-05-01T19:18:21","slug":"intolerance-spreads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/dump-duhbya\/intolerance-spreads\/","title":{"rendered":"Intolerance Spreads"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inside Politics – The Washington Times: Inside Politics – April 30, 2004<\/a><\/p>\n

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, chastised<\/b> Rep. Jim McDermott, Washington Democrat, yesterday for omitting the words ”under God” while leading the House in a daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance on Tuesday. … <\/p>\n

Rep. Pete Sessions, Texas Republican, accused Mr. McDermott of ”embarrassing the House and disparaging the majority of Americans who share the values expressed in the Pledge.”<\/b><\/p>\n

McDermott spokesman Mike DeCesare said his boss learned the Pledge without the phrase ”under God.”<\/b> The two words have been in the Pledge since 1954; Mr. McDermott was born in 1936.<\/p>\n

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi<\/a>–<\/p>\n

I want an apology. I don’t care what sentiment impelled you to chastise McDermott for leading the Pledge as it was for many, many years. You have exhibited religious intolerance in a public forum and, in a most unDemocratic manner, have punished someone for being different and taken pains to assure it never happens again. Shame on you. mjh<\/p>\n

Congressman Pete Sessions<\/a>–<\/p>\n

It is far more embarrassing, and alarming, how intolerant Americans have become. Your party has contributed much to this while reaping power from this ugliness. Shame on you, too. mjh<\/p>\n

Congressman Jim McDermott-<\/a>–<\/p>\n

Thank you for saying the Pledge as it should be said. You and I are not the only other people in the country who believe that is the correct form. I imagine you’re getting beaten up right now — I want you to know you did the right thing. mjh<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Contact these three and your own Representative:
\nUnited States House of Representatives – Member Website Listing – By State<\/a><\/p>\n

Alpert’s Truth<\/a><\/p>\n

Since the phrase was added in the 1950s, not one World War II soldier, sailor or flier had pledged allegiance to the nation ”under God.”<\/b> Yet, somehow, they did what they had to so well that we call them the ”Greatest Generation.” The dead and the living both. May God save us from the religious.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inside Politics – The Washington Times: Inside Politics – April 30, 2004 House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, chastised Rep. Jim McDermott, Washington Democrat, yesterday for omitting the words ”under God” while leading the House in a daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance on Tuesday. … Rep. Pete Sessions, Texas Republican, accused Mr. … Continue reading Intolerance Spreads<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dump-duhbya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}