'When King Charles is crowned on Saturday, there will be one decidedly new -- and controversial -- element to the ceremony: an optional public pledge of allegiance,' writes Laura Beers | Opinion
King Charles III’s coronation on Saturday will be a celebration of ancient traditions. The king will be crowned in Westminster Abbey, just as all but two of his predecessors have been since William the Conqueror’s coronation in 1066. He will take his seat on the Coronation Chair, built for King Edward I of England in the late 13th century, which contains the controversial Stone of Destiny, seized from the Scots in 1296 and transported down from Edinburgh Castle for the occasion. And St.
Despite a 1943 Supreme Court ruling that established that no one could be compelled to say the pledge, nearly all American children do recite the thirty-one word oath at the start of each school day. My six-year-old kindergartener can barely puzzle out the words to “The Cat in the Hat,” but he can stand to attention and recite a word-perfect pledge. To most Americans, the pledge is a comparatively non-controversial part of US political culture.
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