Melanie Markley, The Houston Chronicle, August 2, 2007
The revised Texas pledge:
Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.
Texas students will have four more words to remember when they head back to class this month and begin reciting the state’s pledge of allegiance.
This year’s Legislature added the phrase “one state under God” to the pledge, which is part of a required morning ritual in Texas public schools along with the pledge to the U.S. flag and a moment of silence.
State Rep. Debbie Riddle, who sponsored the bill, said it had always bothered her that God was omitted in the state’s pledge.
“Personally, I felt like the Texas pledge had a big old hole in it, and it occurred to me, ‘You know what? We need to fix that,’ ” said Riddle, R-Tomball. “Our Texas pledge is perfectly OK like it is with the exception of acknowledging that just as we are one nation under God, we are one state under God as well.”
I see TEX ASS strikes again.
Comment by JosephEBacon — August 5, 2007 @ 12:46 pm