Okay, now somebody tell them it was written by a socialist and watch their brains melt.
Edit: Somehow I misread and thought this was about the Pledge of Allegiance. As has been pointed out below, the Star Spangled Banner was written by racist, slaver Francis Scott Key.
It was written by Francis Bellamy, a Christian Socialist pushed out of his post as a Baptist minister for delivering pulpit‐pounding sermons on such topics as “Jesus the Socialist.” Bellamy was devoted to the ideas of his more‐famous cousin Edward Bellamy, author of the 1888 utopian novel Looking Backward. Looking Backward describes the future United States as a regimented worker’s paradise where everyone has equal incomes, and men are drafted into the country’s “industrial army” at the age of 21, serving in the jobs assigned them by the state.
It was written by Francis Scott Key, a racist and slaver. They probably love that about the author.
Actually, Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner, not the Pledge of Allegiance. But, yes, I’m sure they love him for being a racist and slaver.
The Star Spangled Banner is the US national anthem. The article isn’t about the pledge of allegiance.
Does it specify which verse?
Or could the teacher choose to require their class sing the 3rd verse?
BOOKS are Indoctrinating kids!
This just reeks of Freedum…
If a teacher chooses not to lead the class in singing the national anthem, the school’s principal would be required to find another teacher to lead the singing.
I bet all the principals in Iowa will love this, when all of the teachers refuse to do it. Or there’ll be one or two compliant teachers per school who will subsequently be required to make the rounds to every classroom every day.
