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I think we should just get rid of the pledge altogether.
"Under God" should absolutely remain in the pledge.
"Under God" should absolutely remain in the pledge.
Well the guy that wrote it did not put it in there
I've noticed some Christians feel like their freedom of religion is under attack when you speak of removing under god form the pledge..They think somehow it's giving into the all the other religions.
Historically it is justifiable to remove it. Constitutionally one could make the argument. Realistically speaking, it would be too much fuss. People will take it seriously if it is thought to be removed, because the symbolism involved will be tremendous in the culture war.
It would be the war on Christmas, all over again.
My guess is that the pledge was to the flag because there was actually one hanging in every classroom, back in the day.
I wonder how much of the US populace knows that "under God" was added so much later.
The pledge was written in 1892. In 1923, the National Flag Conference called for the words "my Flag" to be changed to "the Flag of the United States", for the benefit of new immigrants. The words "of America" were added a year later, and the addition of "under God" was implemented in 1954.
Tucker actually is the one that convinced me of which words I dislike more than "under god" in the pledge, and that's indivisible.
if people don't like it, don't say it.
when i was in Scouts, we had to take an oath "on my honour, i promise that i will do my duty, to god, and to the queen of Australia, to help other people, and to live by the scout law"
and if we weren't religious, we didn't say "to god", simple as that.
It would be the war on Christmas, all over again.