Voting 3-2 earlier this week, the Oberlin school board rejected a plan from Superintendent Geoffrey Andrews. His compromise proposal would have allowed the pledge to be read over school
public address systems a few days per month and without the words "under God," which were added to the pledge by Congress in the
1950s.
One parent called the editing idea an abomination.
Another whose children hold Dutch and U.S. passports said he wasn't comfortable having them publicly proclaim allegiance to one country.
Board member Paula Jones, one of the majority "no" votes, says she wants the pledge said every day and including "under God."