The Fox News website reports today (June 29, 2011) that the City Council in Eugene, Oregon has voted down a proposal to say the Pledge of Allegiance before each council meeting.
Instead, the council approved a compromise measure that allows the pledge to be recited at only four council meetings a year: those closest to the Fourth of July, Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Flag Day.
Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy -- who opposed reciting the pledge -- said, "If there's one thing the flag stands for, it's that people don't have to be compelled to say the Pledge of Allegiance or anything else."
Councilwoman Betty Taylor -- another pledge opponent -- compared saying the Pledge of Allegiance to reading from "The Communist Manifesto."
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I think it is a bit extreme to compare the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance to the reciting of the Communist Manifesto.
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