Source: Houston Chronicle
Wire Service: AP
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4774748.html
AUSTIN — The Texas House voted early today to inject a little religion into the Texas pledge.
House lawmakers voted 124-5 to put the words "under God" in the Texas pledge of allegiance recited by thousands of school children every day. The change mirrors the national pledge, which has included "under God" since 1954.
Under the bill, the Texas pledge would be: "Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God and indivisible."
The bill still needs a final vote later Friday before it is sent to the Senate.
Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, argued against the measure as having the potential to infringe on the religious beliefs of some Texas students.