The Satanic origins of the Pledge of Allegiance [op-ed]
No, I don't care how many RWNJs call me an anti-American Iranian commie.
Remember that Fascist salute- er, Pledge of Allegiance your elementary school teacher forced you to stand up for in the morning of every school day? Notwithstanding its tedious waste of time no one (except the diehard patriots!) liked, there’s more to the story of the Pledge’s origin most people never learned about.
The originating author of the Pledge of Allegiance was a well-known socialist, Francis J. Bellamy, who received the boot from his occupation as a Baptist minister for obnoxiously screeching ridiculous sermons entitled i.e. “Jesus the Socialist.”1 The “Christian Socialist” agitator proceeded to head the Boston Nationalist Club dedicated to advocating a “government takeover of the economy.”2 The Greatest Source In The Universe summarizes the Clubs as follows: “…an organized network of socialist political groups which emerged at the end of the 1880s.”3 Say, doesn’t that ring an odd bell? Nationalism… socialism… er, anyways…
Long story short, the purpose of the Pledge of Allegiance as designed by Bellamy was to employ nationalistic appeal to further collectivist-socialist ends.
He was also a well-documented Freemason. Denslow’s “10,000 Famous Freemasons” mentions Bellamy’s membership in Little Falls (NY) Lodge No. 181 and concludes in its biographical summary, “The Order of Eastern Star erected a memorial tablet to him in 1955 at the O.E.S. Home in Oriskany.”4 And the Grand Lodge of Iowa glowingly boasts of “Master Mason” Francis Bellamy:5
Those who knew Bellamy best knew that he had fulfilled a deep desire to compose a dignified message of loyalty which would convey the trust and most noble sentiments of a devoted patriot toward his native land. And ALL Masons rightfully salute Brother Francis Bellamy, the author of the Pledge of Allegiance. [emphasis added]
And who is the chief deity in Masonry? None other than the “king of Tyre.”6
Gene Healy (Nov. 4, 2003), “What’s Conservative about the Pledge of Allegiance?” Cato Institute.
Ibid.
“Nationalist Clubs,” Wikipedia.
William R. Denslow (1957), “10,000 Famous Freemasons,” Internet Archive.
“The Pledge of Allegiance,” Grand Lodge of Iowa.
Walter Veith, “Total Onslaught,” ep. 12: “Hidden Agendas.” YouTube.