God"-less Pledge stirs Jeffco school backlash

Denver Post ^ | April 22, 2005 | Jim Kirksey

[Boston Blackie]

An edited version of the Pledge of Allegiance has raised a controversy at Everitt Middle School in Wheat Ridge.

Eighth-grade counselor Margo Lucero, filling in for absent principal Kathleen Norton, changed a portion of the Pledge from "one nation under God" to "one nation under your belief system," while on the public- address system Wednesday morning.

[MississippyMuddy]

One Nation under God,One Nation under God,One Nation under God,One Nation under God,One Nation under God,One Nation under God,One Nation under God,One Nation under God,One Nation under God,One Nation under God,One Nation under God,One Nation under God,One Nation under God,One Nation under God,One Nation under God,One Nation under God,One Nation under God,One Nation under God.

Jeff

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Another left-wing loonie in the public school system trying to brainwash kids...

[LibFreeOrDie]

And the woman is a school counselor? I can imagine the wisdom she imparts to the students when they want counseling.

[highnoon]

Another hippie looking for news attention. I love the fact that she's a school counselor.....

[Hildy]

That almost sounds like a Saturday Night Live send up, doesn't it? One nation, UNDER YOUR BELIEF SYSTEM?????? It's funny. Kinda. If it weren't so sad, of course.

[Cicero]

"one nation under your belief system,"

It has a certain ring to it. Reminds me of the famous addendum to the Casey decision.

[nuconvert]

""It should not have occurred. The counselor, Ms. Lucero, did not have the authority to change the pledge.""

Ya Don't Say! And does she realize that now?

[Flyer]

filling in for absent principal

I wonder how long she had been waiting for this day to come?

Idiot.

[SE Mom]

Good LORD woman...kids that age don't have belief SYSTEMS yet. It's our job to see to it they get some.

This reminds me- I happened to be in school the day JFK was shot. Out principal got on the loudspeaker and gave us the news...accompanied by a prayer. My teacher hit her knees and took out her rosary and began to pray. This was a PUBLIC school. No one- not one person ever thought twice about either the prayer or my teacher's reaction- except that it was a pretty normal reaction.

[dirtboy]

"one nation under your belief system,"

My head hurts.

[baystaterebel]

How stupid and petty can one get. I guess she never thought about offending the people who like having "G*d" in the pledge.

Once again a liberal without a clue turns ignorance into her cause.

[dhs12345]

I was wondering when this might happen. I live in Jefferson County and was proud that my son's elementary school still said the pledge in full.

Seems like when you say "God" you would only be offending the atheists. Muslims believe in a God, Buddhists believe in a God, Hindus believe in a God(s), Jews believe in a God, and so on. Not the same God, but so what?

Looked through a few history books, too. Still moderately okay. No hate America for this or blame America for that.

[Mr. Blonde]

On the history channel's thing on FDR he led the entire nation in a prayer over the radio during D-Day.

[AdamSelene235]

She said Norton was apologetic but Lucero wasn't. "She said, 'Yes, I said that because I believe that there should be separation between church and school.

I'll do you one better, Seperation of Child and State.

I am so damn sick of paying for this crap and I'm not religious(I can't imagine how ticked the religious folks are).

[MississippyMuddy]

1-303-982-1580 is the phone number too the school, just called, she seems too have alot of phone calls lol . I was given this number too call 1-303-982- 6808. The counselor was not available for comment.

Jeff

[Spok]

If only they'd apply this enthusiasm to something constructive...like teaching!

[WV Mountain Mama]

I used to coach at Wheat Ridge. Dopes.

[freepatriot32]

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[andyk]

Lucero's apparent attempt to be more inclusive met with some rancor

Hmm, seems more like an apparent attempt to be divisive, and stir controversy. Poor reporting.