The New Pledge

I do believe that a Pledge of Allegiance is an appropriate and positive exercise. However, when it is nothing more than reciting meaningless drivel about a piece of cloth, it is no pledge at all.

Proposal — The New Pledge

I pledge my highest allegiance
to the Republic of the United States of America.
I pledge to uphold, defend, and protect the Constitution
against all enemies, foreign and domestic, at all times.
I pledge to join with my fellow citizens for this cause,
and to achieve Liberty and Justice for All

Now THAT is a patriotic, accurate, and Constitutional pledge. We should pledge to that which really matters.

We should ritualize our loyalty in an accurate and constructive manner – to remember from where our country’s true strength lies.

We should not fetishize a piece of cloth.

Without the Constitution, that piece of cloth is worthless.

This entry was posted on Friday, August 1st, 2008 at 6:58 pm and is filed under First Amendment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “The New Pledge”

  1. Godless Americans? « The Legal Satyricon Says:
    October 31, 2008 at 8:52 am | Reply

    [...] of Allegiance and removing “In God We Trust” from U.S. Currency. (For the record, I support the first, but not the second). “Godless Americans and Kay Hagan. She hid from cameras. Took [...]

  2. Pastor Who Stuck Us With “Under God” In the Pledge, Dead at 97 « The Legal Satyricon Says:
    November 30, 2008 at 3:21 pm | Reply

    [...] bad I’m not a superstition-monger from a vassal state. Then my New Pledge idea might gain some [...]

  3. jfischer1975 Says:
    November 17, 2009 at 10:53 pm | Reply

    you missed something…

    “…under his noodly appendage…”

  4. Joe Max Says:
    November 22, 2009 at 2:58 am | Reply

    I love the idea, but can critique your composition. It seems a bit wordy, it doesn’t flow poetically (like the traditional one does – or did, before they stuck that awful “under dog” line) and putting the “enemies” line makes it seem a bit militant for a free citizen. IMHO, of course.

    How about:

    “I pledge allegiance to the Republic
    of the United States of America,
    and to the Constitution on which it stands.
    One nation, indivisible,
    With liberty and justice for all.”

    Short, sweet and to the point. Easy for a kindergarten kid to memorize. Retains more of the original, with a similar cadence. And I think this fulfills your specifications: accurate, patriotic, based *on* the Constitution, takes the useless piece of cloth out.

Leave a Reply