{"id":1601845,"date":"2022-08-11T18:02:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T22:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1601845"},"modified":"2022-08-11T18:02:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T22:02:11","slug":"in-the-name-of-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-north-dakota-school-board-will-no-longer-recite-nations-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-the-name-of-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-north-dakota-school-board-will-no-longer-recite-nations-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Name Of Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion, North Dakota School Board Will No Longer Recite Nation\u2019s Pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fin-the-name-of-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-north-dakota-school-board-will-no-longer-recite-nations-pledge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1601845&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">school board<\/a> in North Dakota has stopped saying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pledge of Allegiance<\/a> before meetings, claiming that the mention of the word \u201cGod\u201d runs contrary to the principles of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/critical-race-theory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday night, the Fargo, North Dakota, school board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inforum.com\/news\/fargo\/fargo-school-board-rescinds-motion-will-no-longer-recite-pledge-of-allegiance-at-meetings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> 7 \u2013 2 to ditch the pledge after board members complained that capitalized \u201cGod\u201d was \u201cnon-inclusionary.\u201d The school board had previously begun reciting the pledge after it passed a motion on March 22 to start each meeting with it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that the word \u2018God\u2019 in the text of the Pledge of Allegiance is capitalized,\u201d board member Seth Holden said. \u201cThe text is clearly referring to the Judeo-Christian god and therefore, it does not include any other face [sic] such as Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, all of which are practiced by our staff and students at FPS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holden claimed that it violated the aforementioned DEI principles.<\/p>\n<p>Schoolboard President Tracie Newman suggested instead that the board find a different pledge to recite to foster unity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just not sure that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance is a useful way to begin every one of our board meetings,\u201d Newman explained. \u201cI would much prefer that we open our meetings with a shared statement of purpose that would bring us all together to do the work of the board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The school board\u2019s website states, \u201cEducation is better where schools are composed of students, teachers, and families drawn from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, cultures, \u2018races\u2019\/ethnicities, religions, and sexual orientations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To that extent, board member and immigrant Nyamal Dei stated, \u201cWe live in a diverse community and that is what matters,\u201d while supporting the move to end saying the pledge.<\/p>\n<p>One community member, David Paulson, spoke at the meeting in favor of keeping the pledge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe are misinterpreting the Pledge of Allegiance,\u201d Paulson explained. \u201cThe pledge isn\u2019t a show of our patriotism, it\u2019s an affirmation of our commitment and our loyalty to the greater cause, and that greater cause is freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In reaction to the story, Ethan Harsell, a candidate for North Dakota\u2019s state legislature, tweeted, \u201cDisgusting. The Fargo School Board\u2019s decision is an insult to the values of our Great Country and to everyone who has given their life to defend our liberties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe School Board\u2019s assertion that the Pledge of Allegiance violates their so-called \u2018diversity rule\u2019 is absurd,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Disgusting. The Fargo School Board&#8217;s decision is an insult to the values of our Great Country and to everyone who has given their life to defend our liberties. The School Board&#8217;s assertion that the Pledge of Allegiance violates their so-called \u201cdiversity rule\u201d is absurd. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ddBXCvnuKD\">https:\/\/t.co\/ddBXCvnuKD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ethan Harsell (@ethan_harsell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ethan_harsell\/status\/1557836313667174401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/california-school-district-pays-woke-kindergartner-group-20k-for-consulting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California School District Pays \u2018Woke Kindergarten\u2019 Group $20K For\u00a0Consulting<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A school board in North Dakota has stopped saying the Pledge of Allegiance before meetings, claiming that the mention of the word \u201cGod\u201d runs contrary to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). 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