{"id":1616754,"date":"2022-08-19T15:18:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T19:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1616754"},"modified":"2022-08-19T15:18:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T19:18:24","slug":"fargo-school-board-reinstates-the-pledge-of-allegiance-after-national-public-outcry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fargo-school-board-reinstates-the-pledge-of-allegiance-after-national-public-outcry\/","title":{"rendered":"Fargo School Board Reinstates the Pledge of Allegiance After National Public Outcry"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ffargo-school-board-reinstates-the-pledge-of-allegiance-after-national-public-outcry%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=1616754&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>After criticism from conservative lawmakers and backlash from citizens nationwide, the Fargo Board of Education on Aug. 18 voted to reverse course on its previous week\u2019s decision to stop reciting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-pledge-of-allegiance\">Pledge of Allegiance<\/a> before its meetings.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 9, seven of the board\u2019s nine members, including four newcomers who took office in June, voted to cancel a previous board measure that was instituted in March before the election.<\/p>\n<p>Board vice president Seth Holden said at the Aug. 9 meeting that the Pledge of Allegiance was contrary to the district\u2019s diversity, equity, and inclusion priorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that the word \u2018God\u2019 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,\u201d Holden said, adding that this made the pledge of allegiance a \u201cnon-inclusionary act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reciting the pledge is a \u201cnon-inclusionary act\u201d and there is text within the pledge that is \u201csimply not true,\u201d Holden added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe statement that we are \u2018one nation under God\u2019 is simply an untrue statement,\u201d Holden said. \u201cWe are one nation under many or no gods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tracie Newman, who is board president, recommended that a member recite \u201ca shared statement of purpose that would bring us all together\u201d at the start of the meetings instead of the pledge, adding that it would be \u201cunifying.\u201d<\/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 said at the Aug. 9 meeting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-north-dakota\">North Dakota<\/a>\u2019s Republican Party called the board\u2019s Aug. 9 vote \u201claughable\u201d and an \u201caffront to our American values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican State Sen. Scott Meyer told North Dakota media outlets last week that he would start work on a school voucher bill draft to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After criticism from conservative lawmakers and backlash from citizens nationwide, the Fargo Board of Education on Aug. 18 voted to reverse course on its previous week\u2019s decision to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance before its meetings. 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