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Buddhists against the pledge

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Michael Newdow has some unexpected bedfellows:

The Pledge of Allegiance ``is filling children's heads up with the idea there is a god,' said Thomas Phelan, a teacher with A Few Simsapa Leaves Buddhist Center in Walla Walla. The center has around a dozen regular members and meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Phelan's living room at 122 Winnebago St.

Phelan notes the words, ``under God,' were not added to the Pledge until 1954.

Buddhist children should not have to choose between being unpatriotic by not citing the Pledge, or citing a Pledge that violates their faith, he said. As a veteran, he said he feels the same way - wanting to say the Pledge, but unable to.

Kathleen Obenland, Walla Wall Union-Bulletin: Local Buddhists join suit over the Pledge

Richard Evans Lee
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I was interested Buddhism before I became atheist. This is what attracted me.

Posted by: Eli Sarver | January 15, 2004 8:45 PM

It is even said that Francis Bellamy (who wrote the original pledge in 1892), would not have wanted 'under God' in his pledge. They added those words 23 years after his death, he wasn't there to speak out against that change.

Posted by: ananymous | May 26, 2004 8:18 PM

Its "not being under God" why many buddhist chose to run away from communist regime and seek save haven in a place like america where their lives and rights are protected "Under God".

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