Reverend George M. Docherty, 97, was the longtime pastor of New York Avenue Baptist Church in Washington D.C., and a popular pastor to many presidents. He died November 27, 2008.

Quotable Quotes:

"I came from Scotland, where we said, 'God save our gracious queen,' 'God save our gracious king.' Here was the Pledge of Allegiance, and God wasn't in it at all."

"There is something missing in the Pledge, and that which is missing are the characteristics and definitive factor in the American way of life,"