Pledge of Allegiance Changed...

[Pavan Dave]

So recently, the Texas legislation changed the pledge of allegiance and I am still wondering what the point is. Here is something I read up a little while ago from another site

According to The Handbook of Texas Online, "In 1933 the legislature passed a law establishing rules for the proper display of the flag and providing for a pledge to the flag:

"Honor the Texas Flag of 1836; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one and indivisible."

The pledge erroneously referred to the 1836 national flag, known as David G. Burnet's flag, instead of the Lone Star Flag. Senator Searcy Bracewell introduced a bill to correct this error in 1951, but the legislature did not delete the words "of 1836" until 1965."

The pledge was again amended by House Bill 1034 during the 80th Legislature with the addition of "one state under God." The revised wording became effective on June 15, 2007.

Before revision:

"Honor the Texas Flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one and indivisible."

The revised wording is:

"Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible."


Could somebody please explain to me why it was so necessary to change the pledge? My friends and I are going bonkers trying figure out why it was so necessary.

Thanks,
Pavan.