Wednesday, July 10, 2002
Paul Weyrich on the Pledge of Allegiance, E.O. 13166
Paul Weyrich, President of the Free Congress Foundation invented many of the conservative institutions everyone takes for granted today. A United States that still stands free and strong in 2002 was hardly certain not so long ago. Recall that in 1948 Whittaker Chambers, who left communism for the conservative cause, told Congress, "I know that I am leaving the winning side for the losing side." Weyrich has labored all his life to ensure that Chambers' prophecy would not come true.
Weyrich devoted his July 9th Free Congress Commentary to "Let's Make The Pledge Of Allegiance A Meaningful Pledge Once More" (To read his column in full, go to freecongress.org and scroll down). Weyrich's phrase-by-phrase analysis of where the Pledge stands today would be well worth your time even if it did not mention English First:
[W]e say "one nation." Are we still one nation? Barely. Multiculturalism is making it difficult to keep our nation together. Jim Boulet, whose organization, English First, is promoting English as the official language in the USA, points out that the Bush Justice Department has failed to repeal a Clinton Administration initiative which requires that any government action be translated into any of the hundreds of languages in use in the world. Most people don't know of this provision but when it becomes known we will surely no longer be one nation. Check out: [ http://www.englishfirst.org ]
"Under God" has been discussed adequately by other commentators. But how about "indivisible"? We can only pray that is the case. There are groups in the far West and in the Southwest who want to split off portions of the United States to make separate nations. That needs to be fought with all that is left within us.
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