Colorado Professor Who Forced Students to Say Anti-American Pledge Is Cleared of Wrongdoing Following Investigation

A Colorado history professor who allegedly forced his students to recite an anti-American pledge in class has been cleared of any wrongdoing after a student filed a complaint of partisan bias with the university.

Charles Angeletti, who teaches at Metropolitan State University of Denver, was accused of poor conduct in the classroom after gaining national headlines for requiring his students to say an anti-American version of the Pledge of Allegiance.

Last month Caleb Bonham, editor in chief at the online publication Campus Reform, wrote an article spotlighting allegations of extreme liberal bias by Angeletti in his pledge.

 According to Bonham's article, the mock pledge reads as follows: "I pledge allegiance to and wrap myself in the flag of the United States Against Anything Un-American and to the Republicans for which it stands, two nations, under Jesus, rich against poor, with curtailed liberty and justice for all except blacks, homosexuals, women who want abortions, Communists, welfare queens, treehuggers, feminazis, illegal immigrants, children of illegal immigrants, and you if you don't watch your step."

The Campus Reform article spread wildly on the Internet and pushed for MSU officials to investigate the allegations leveled by his source, student Steven Farr.

In a statement recently released by MSU, the university said they investigated accusations against Angeletti and found no evidence of wrongdoing.

While Angeletti doesn't deny handing out copies of the mock pledge, he argues that it was supposed to be provocative and create discussion rather than indoctrinate....