Washington Times - Inside the Beltway - NBC's Pledge Problem

By Jennifer Harper, The Washington Times - Inside the Beltway

Despite a mea culpa, NBC is not off the hot seat for cutting “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance, not once but twice, during a video montage during the recent U.S. Open coverage. Things have gotten complicated, though. The American Center for Law and Justice sent a letter of protest to both the network and the U.S. Golf Association over the incident, and has organized a public letter to “protect the Pledge” as well.

“NBC crossed a troubling line and offended millions of Americans by cutting the phrase ‘under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance,” said Jordan Sekulow, the group’s policy director. “The phrase ‘under God’ is not a throw-away line, an afterthought.”

The letter — available online at www.aclj.org — calls on the network to “put a policy in place to protect the Pledge of Allegiance in its entirety. Include ‘under God’ in future broadcasts of our nation’s Pledge.” . . .

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