Freshman Georgia Representative Teaches House How to Say "Pledge" Properly

Never let it be said that freshman Congressman Paul Broun is shy. Monday, while leading the pledge on the House floor, Broun lectured the others in the chamber about the "correct way" of saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

Broun said "As I say this pledge, I would like to tell the listeners that I believe there should not be a comma between 'one nation under God,' and so please join me in the correct way of saying the Pledge. Please join me."

Yep, we all need to be taught how to say the Pledge, right? But in fact, a Broun spokesperson said that

"As a Marine, clearly, he’s had to face a lot more difficult challenges than instructing Members of Congress on the proper way of saying the Pledge of Allegiance," spokesman John Kennedy told Roll Call's Heard on the Hill column. "There is, in fact, no comma in that section. So correctly, it’s said, 'One nation under [God],' no separation or implied separation between nation and God."

Is this much ado about nothing, or a way to blur the "separation of church and state" lines, or even wipe them out completely?

This video is from C-SPAN, broadcast April 14, 2008.