The University of Oklahoma's Undergraduate Student Congress earlier this week passed a resolution removing the Pledge of Allegiance from the congressional agenda.The resolution's author told the OU Daily that her motivation was because she found "the flag salute's roots in Columbus Day problematic, and the salute is not in the constitutional bylaws.""I realized that there would be no better place for me to (make) some change than where I’ve been the entire time I’ve been at OU," Gabi Thompson told the student newspaper. "I realized that (the pledge) wasn’t in our bylaws, it wasn’t something that we had to do, so I wanted to let everyone know the history of the injustices that it stands for."According to the OU Daily, members of the Undergraduate Student Congress said the flag salute "represented the flag and national unity, while others said it represented a history of oppression of minorities."The OU Daily's full story can be read here.

The University of Oklahoma's Undergraduate Student Congress earlier this week passed a resolution removing the Pledge of Allegiance from the congressional agenda.

The resolution's author told the OU Daily that her motivation was because she found "the flag salute's roots in Columbus Day problematic, and the salute is not in the constitutional bylaws."


"I realized that there would be no better place for me to (make) some change than where I’ve been the entire time I’ve been at OU," Gabi Thompson told the student newspaper. "I realized that (the pledge) wasn’t in our bylaws, it wasn’t something that we had to do, so I wanted to let everyone know the history of the injustices that it stands for."

According to the OU Daily, members of the Undergraduate Student Congress said the flag salute "represented the flag and national unity, while others said it represented a history of oppression of minorities."

The OU Daily's full story can be read here.