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To: tejek who wrote (208390)	10/25/2004 9:20:52 PM
From: brushwud	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574203

RE: [God] should be removed from the money. I believe it was either placed on the money during the fanatical 50s, or was inserted into the national anthem during the 50s. I think it was the later. The words, "under God", were inserted into the pledge by the Republicans in the 1950s. You and Amy J are, like, dueling ignoramuses: slate.msn.com "The campaign to add "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance was part of this movement. It's unclear precisely where the idea originated, but one driving force was the Catholic fraternal society the Knights of Columbus. In the early '50s the Knights themselves adopted the God-infused pledge for use in their own meetings, and members bombarded Congress with calls for the United States to do the same. Other fraternal, religious, and veterans clubs backed the idea. In April 1953, Rep. Louis Rabaut, D-Mich., formally proposed the alteration of the pledge in a bill he introduced to Congress... "The ensuing congressional speechifying--debate would be a misnomer, given the near-unanimity of opinion..."