Pledge allegiance to the Constitution, not the flag.

...with liberty and justice for some." There sure isn't liberty and justice for all.

We can't free people leave and form their own government? Why couldn't the south form their own country?

Do you mean the red,white and blue that every "...ist" has wrapped(hid) themselves in(behind)?
It is blinded idol worship.

At that time, the Vietnam war was going on, as well as the race riots, busing, etc. & there definitely definitely wasn't "liberty & justice for all." Since that time, it has continued to be the case. In HS, I didn't even stand up for the pledge. Now, I stand w/my hand on my heart, but I won't way the words.

Plus, who makes a pledge to a piece of cloth? Am I supposed to be some kind of mindless nut?

And lastly, no one has mentioned the fringe on the flag. Do you know what that means? Go look it up, then see if you want to pledge to that thing! Almost EVERY flag you'll see in gov't offices & courts is fringed. There's a reason for that pretty gold decoration, & it isn't nice, or constitutional!

"Under God" was added in the '50s out of a fear of communism. It is not a part of the original pledge. A relationship with God is personal, and should be separate from a pledge to a country's flag or to a state's Constitution.

Americans including myself are often enamored with our symbols while we neglect the very substance of things. We can get hoards to fly their flags and put yellow ribbons on trees and cars, but try to to get people to read and understand the Constitution or support our troops by keeping them out of undeclared wars and your swimming upstream.
(Hey,is that really what it means to be mainstream- always drifting downhill till we all end up in the ocean of undistinct meaninglessness?) Anyhow for a long time I've been telling people the flag is a symbol of certain and specific meaning to a few. To burn the flag is protected speech, but to burn a copy of the constitution would be to declare war against our common covenant/ contract between the citizens and their elected and delegated government. It would be like voiding the contract.
I for one groan over giving a pledge to a symbol, when I know the substance is in The Constitution of These United States of America.

....We need a de-greaser or some kind of dermal abrasion over here STAT!

To pledge loyalty to a document that WAS NOT liked by most of it's signators 200+ years later is so painfully ignorant.

To pledge loyalty to a flag is even more so.

God does not demand a "pledge" writ by men or spoken aloud, only absolutists and tyrants do.

I pledge allegiance to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness, and that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, I will strive to abolish it, and to institute new Government.

No. What if something somehow gets written into it like slavery? Would you pledge to support that? How about pledging allegiance to liberty?

You really raise some valid questions.

You asked: Since this nation has become socialist, do YOU want to pledge allegiance to a flag of a socialist nation?

I never thought of it that way. Nor did I know the author of the pledge was written by a socialist.

I may start thinking differently about the pledge now.

Thanks for this thought-provoking post.

A pledge to the constitution would definitely be an improvement over pledging to a flag. If the flag represents our country then we are pledging allegiance to a police state that invades and occupies other countries.

I don't do pledges.