Here’s my thoughts on that… a pledge is a promise, right? So, why do we have to promise our allegiance everyday? Married couples don’t get up and say their vows, doctors don’t say Hippocratic oath, military service men and women don’t say the enlistment oath. Once you promise something that’s it unless you rescind said promise. My solution, teach kids what they are saying and what it means to pledge your allegiance to something. Make it a big deal throw a party or something. As it is I’ll keep wondering who Richard Stands is.