ANOTHER Spontanious Pledge of Allegiance Incident -This Time in Pittsburgh

What is it with the League of Woman's Voters and the Pledge of Allegiance?

For the second time in less than a week a debate began with a request for a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, the League of Woman's Voters moderator said no, and the audience got up and said it anyway. The debate between Democrat Dan Connolly and Republican Tim Murphy was about to begin when the Republican asked the moderator for the pledge. As the moderator Arlene Levy began to make excuses, the crowd stood up and took action on their own.



Once again the League of Woman's Voters blamed it on politics.

"There have been some groups who want to create a ruckus, call attention to something and using the pledge to the flag and making it seem the league is unpatriotic if we don't," says Greater Pittsburgh League President Arlene Levy.

Levy says she thinks some of this is political but the League has no problem with the pledge if requested in advance by the candidates.

While neither Connolly nor Murphy made that request earlier, both of the candidates said there was nothing political about the pledge.

"I see it as something completely a-political. It's something that unites all of Americans," says Connolly.

"If the flag is political, then we have some problems here. The flag is what brings us together," says Murphy.

Ms Levy says her chapter will be discussing this issue at its next board meeting -- perhaps to incorporate the pledge in every candidate debate (YA THINK?)

The previous incident happened last Wednesday night at the beginning of a debate between Democratic incumbent Melissa Bean, GOP challenger Joe Walsh and Green Party candidate Bill Scheurer. The debate for Illinois 8th congressional district took place at Grayslake Central High School. While League of Women Voters moderator Kathy Tate-Bradish began explaining the rules of the debate an audience member raised his hand and (when called upon) asked if they were going to start with the Pledge of Allegiance. When she said no, the audience booed and almost all in the crowd of more than 300 stood and enthusiastically recited it anyway.

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