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A video shown to children at an elementary school in Utah showing celebrities pledging to support political issues has created a firestorm in the conservative state.
From the Salt Lake Tribune
A school principal has apologized for showing a video at an assembly that a politically conservative group leader is calling “radical, leftist propaganda.”
Children at Eagle Bay Elementary School in Farmington were shown a short video called “I pledge” on Aug. 28. The video opens with an image of President Barack Obama and part of a speech in which he says, “Let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.” The video then features celebrities making pledges about how they will help the president and the world — and that’s where some say the problem lies.
Many pledges, such as supporting local food banks, smiling more, and caring for the elderly are noncontroversial. But other pledges, such as “to never give anyone the finger when I’m driving again,” “to sell my obnoxious car and buy a hybrid” and to advance stem cell research cross the line, some say.
“Showing the video in a public school is completely inappropriate,” said Jennifer Cieslewicz, whose daughter is a first-grader at the school. “I don’t believe a video such as this that promotes certain values should be shown to elementary students, especially without parents being aware. “
Chris Williams, Davis School District spokesman, said school principal Ofelia Wade and school PTA leaders decided to show the video as part of an assembly about the school’s theme for the year, service. He said the PTA board chose the video and Wade did not see it before it was shown in the assembly.
“It got to a point where she turned to her assistant and said, ‘Oops, I wish I would have seen this before. I don’t think I would have shown it,’ ” Williams said. He said Wade could see how some adults might find the video political.
“She acknowledges she was wrong and apologizes for it and says she’s sorry,” Williams said. Attempts to reach school PTA leaders Tuesday evening were unsuccessful.
Williams said Wade plans to send a letter home to parents Wednesday about the issue.
Gayle Ruzicka, president of conservative Utah Eagle Forum, said the video was blatantly political. She said other offensive pledges included, “I pledge to be of service to Barack Obama,” “I pledge allegiance to the funk, to the united funk of funkadelica,” and pledges to not use plastic grocery bags and not flush the toilet after urinating.
The school district and the principal are equally guilty for allowing this video to be shown. Both the district and the principal are at fault for not previewing the video before allowing it to be shown. I don’t have any problem with discussing politics in school but for many elementary school children the subject matter is well beyond their comprehension. Plus it shouldn’t be a one sided debate as the video clealy is.
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5 Comments for Utah Parents Upset Over ‘I Pledge’ Video
Search Youtube for the video of Red Skelton breaking down the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance. It is wonderful. Nowhere in it does it pledge to the president. It is a shame that the liberal left has become so stupid they cannot think for themselves and pledge to the Fraudulent One!
Here is the Saul Alinsky / Marxist regime doing what they do best ……programming the minds of the youth with their propoganda ! And this is the road to Marxism ! ….OR WORSE ! No doubt about that ! And the sad thing is that this type of thing has been going on right under our noses inside the school systems across this country for many years. It has been a slow and sneaky process, hoping that parents would be too busy with other things to notice. And the main reason that people are waking up to this now is because of Obama’s rush to take over and to totally reform this country to his radical agenda. Everyone should begin paying very close attention to what kids are being taught, as well as to looking inside their text books, especially now!
many years ago, when i took the oath of enlistment it said nothing about “serving” any president, no matter what his name. presidents come and go, they are mere mortal men. the constitution endures and that is what we swear to uphold and defend, and we give no personal loyalty to any politician. the german army of world war 2 was required to swear loyalty to adolf hitler and look where that led them.
This man who was elected POTUS is an evil,dangerous anti-American foreigner who has admitted many times on national TV that he wants to remake America. He’s nothing more than a sock puppet for the Marxist movement against this country
You can research his remarks on YouTube.
I say no thanks. Go back to Kenya and re-make your real country. And leave our children alone!
He is the classic narcisisst who thinks he can do and say any thing because the reality-impaired MSM and sheeple of this country refuse to see the facts about him and his ilk.
The real problem with this video is that these mindless Obamabots on the video Pledge to serve the President of the United States. This is a horrible video and it should be used as an example of what is a democracy and what is not.
The President of the United State is the one that serves the people, the people NEVER, EVER serve the President of the United States.
Sad that so many people are clueless about this.