Lonestar_logic
Republic of Texas
- May 13, 2009
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I have never had an issue with children reciting the pledge of allegience - particularly as part of teaching civics (is that even taught any more?)....but I do have an issue with the addition of "God" - something added long after the pledge was written, in fact - it was added under Eisenhower through pressure from the religious right as a statement against "godless communism". Allegience to a diety - which it essentially is - belongs in the realm of the churches, not public school systems. I'm picky about my dieties.
Whether you like it or not our founding fathers held God In high regard. I bet you don't have any problems with US currency.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed .."