{"id":571202,"date":"2021-06-22T21:51:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T01:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=571202"},"modified":"2021-06-22T21:51:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T01:51:34","slug":"anti-american-disgrace-co-mayor-bans-reciting-u-s-pledge-at-meeting-attendees-say-it-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-american-disgrace-co-mayor-bans-reciting-u-s-pledge-at-meeting-attendees-say-it-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Anti-American Disgrace\u2019: CO Mayor Bans Reciting U.S. Pledge At Meeting. Attendees Say It Anyway"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fanti-american-disgrace-co-mayor-bans-reciting-u-s-pledge-at-meeting-attendees-say-it-anyway%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=571202&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/American-flag-1-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A Colorado mayor received instant pushback after announcing a ban on the Pledge of Allegiance at trustee meeting last week.<\/p>\n<p>Silverton Mayor Shane Fuhrman announced during a meeting on June 14 that the Pledge of Allegiance would no longer be said at the start of every meeting because of the \u201cgeneral divisiveness\u201d the pledge apparently created in the Silverton community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to direct and indirect threats, inappropriate comments in and out of public meetings and general divisiveness and issues created in our community, we will not be reciting the Pledge of Allegiance during Town of Silverton trustee meetings,\u201d Fuhrman said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/kdvr.com\/news\/silverton-nixes-pledge-of-allegiance-at-town-hall-meetings\/\">Fox 31<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately, Silverton Trustee Molly Barela spoke up challenging Fuhrman\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019d like to find somewhere in the code, something that doesn\u2019t permit me to do this, then I welcome that discussion at our next meetings,\u201d the mayor responded.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees at the meeting revolted against the mayor\u2019s decision after one woman asked if she could \u201cmake a comment,\u201d according to video of the meeting. The woman began to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, prompting others to join in and drown out several objections.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) tweeted out a clip of the meeting along with a call for Fuhrman to resign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSilverton, CO\u2019s Mayor unilaterally banned the Pledge of Allegiance at city meetings. It\u2019s hard to put into words what kind of anti-American disgrace this is,\u201d Boebert said. \u201cMayor Fuhrman should resign and purchase a one-way ticket to China where he won\u2019t have worry about hearing the pledge!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.470588235294\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Silverton, CO\u2019s Mayor unilaterally banned the Pledge of Allegiance at city meetings. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to put into words what kind of anti-American disgrace this is.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Fuhrman should resign and purchase a one-way ticket to China where he won\u2019t have worry about hearing the pledge! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tjzU1cnOv0\">pic.twitter.com\/tjzU1cnOv0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenboebert\/status\/1405860981121638400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After the meeting, Barela issued a statement to Fox 31 explaining that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance has been an issue with the mayor for over a year. Furhman first tried to have the pledge banned during meetings in April of last year, according to Barela. Barela said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p><em>Back in April 2020 when the newest board members were seated the mayor brought it up that he didn\u2019t want to do the Pledge of Allegiance anymore because it\u2019s not really a thing, it was a 4\/3 vote that we continue to do it. By going back to in person meetings it changes the dynamic compared to what was happening on zoom. While on zoom the three individuals who chose not to say the Pledge of Allegiance would just turn off their cameras now that we\u2019ve gone back to in person meetings members of the general population especially those who are veterans have been questioning why would you run for office and take an oath to uphold the laws of the United States of America the state of Colorado and the town of Silverton if you won\u2019t stand for the pledge. Members of the public have told them that they should be ashamed of themselves. I personally didn\u2019t like his unilateral decision, when we as a collective group had already decided over a year ago to continue to do the pledge, I don\u2019t know if it was premeditated to have it done on Flag Day, which we all know that was declared June 14, 1777 by the second continental Congress, now mayor Shane Fuhrman has made this first amendment right issue. To tell members of the public they are not allowed to say the Pledge of Allegiance during public comment and threaten to have them removed that it was a one strike in you\u2019re out policy violates every single one of their first amendment rights.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/college-board-bans-pledge-allegiance-meetings-rob-james-barrett\">College Board Bans Pledge Of Allegiance At Meetings. 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Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Colorado mayor received instant pushback after announcing a ban on the Pledge of Allegiance at trustee meeting last week.Silverton Mayor Shane Fuhrman announced during a meeting on June 14 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281050,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/American-flag-1-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Anti-American Disgrace\u2019: CO Mayor Bans Reciting U.S. Pledge At Meeting. 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