When I was in elementary school in New Orleans, we had a morning assembly each day and always said the Pledge of Allegiance. It was rote, but it affirmed our role as citizens and expressed our patriotism. Outside the doors of the school, we lived in a society of discrimination and segregation—even the Catholic Church participated in this. We never questioned the phrase, “one nation, under God.”
We’ve made great progress since my time in elementary school, but still not enough. The Pledge of Allegiance is not spoken as much, and kids are not as likely, as we were, to be made to memorize it. But I still question what we truly mean by “one nation, under God.”
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