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Fox News - Compromise on Pledge of Allegiance in Oregon Town Has Some Seeing Red

June 28, 2011

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By Dan Springer, FoxNews.com

An Oregon town's City Council voted down a proposal to say the Pledge of Allegiance before every council meeting, but later passed a compromise that seemed to make no one happy.

The approved measure allows the pledge to be recited at just four Eugene City Council meetings a year, those closest to the Fourth of July, Veterans Day, Memorial Day and Flag Day.

It was supposed to be simple, but Councilman Mike Clark soon found out when you’re dealing with God and country, nothing in Eugene is easy. . . .

You can read the entire story here.

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