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O.C.G.A. § 50-3-2 (2019)

Pledge of allegiance to state flag

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The following is adopted as the pledge of allegiance to the state flag: “I pledge allegiance to the Georgia flag and to the principles for which it stands: Wisdom, Justice, Moderation, and Courage.”

History

Ga. L. 1951, p. 311, § 47; Ga. L. 1955, p. 10, § 94; Ga. L. 2022, p. 377, § 1/SB 152. The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, substituted “Moderation, and Courage” for “and Moderation”.

Annotations

Cross references. Student directory information, register-

ing to vote and with selective service, pledge of allegiance, § 20-2-310. Law reviews. For article, “Ritual, Emotion, and Political Belief: The Search for the Constitutional Limit to Patriotic Education in Public Schools,” see 43 Ga. L. Rev. 447 (2009).

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. 36A C.J.S., Flags, § 3 et seq.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: State of Georgia v. Fed. Def. Prog., Inc., 882 S.E.2d 257 (Ga. 2022).
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State of Georgia v. Fed. Def. Prog., Inc., 882 S.E.2d 257 (Ga. 2022). · cites it 4× “The Office of the Attorney General should have mooted this case before it was filed by simply fulfilling the promises its attorneys made – even if the State later had reservations about the binding 20 See OCGA §§ 50-3-2 and 50-3-30 (c). 88 effect of the words of its Deputy…”
Newdow v. Rio Linda Union Sch. Dist., 597 F.3d 1007 (9th Cir. 2010). “Code Ann § 1-4-102 (2008) (same); Ga. Code Ann. § 50-3-2 (2009) (same); Mich.”
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