Religiosity over facebook.

I am an UN-APOLOGETIC AMERICAN!! I pledge allegiance to the flag of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one nation under GOD, indivisibl e, with LIBERTY and JUSTICE for all!! I grew up reciting this every morning in school. We no longer do that for...fear... of OFFENDING SOMEONE!! Let's see how many AMERICANS will re post this & not care about offending someone!!

Under God was added to the Pledge in 1954. Historically speaking it's been in the pledge for a shorter amount of time than we have been in existence as a nation. Plus a Federal Judge ruled it unconstitutional, which it is, since it is proclaiming that this is a nation under the monotheistic protestant god, and no other. My stance as an atheist is, that you give an inch they take a mile. If I let them treat me as if I'm not part of the country because of my beliefs (or lack thereof), then how is that essentially any different than the oppression people face in some middle eastern countries where they are bonified theocracies.

Not that I'm against religious people, I just think that religion is a personal thing, and whether the country endorses your God or any other god shouldn't have any bearing on your personal relationship with said deity.

It really is the same as if you lived in a country that was catholic and pledge allegiance to the pope, but you are protestant, and you were like sitting in class and everyone says it, and then you don't, and are socially an outcast because of it. If the law of that country didn't pledge allegiance to anything supernatural or religious, that social conflict wouldn't be inflicted unfairly upon children.

And finally religious belief is yours, not everyone's. This country is about freedom. It was founded on the principles of people fleeing from the catholic church, as protestants. The founding fathers were fighting against a theocracy for their freedom as a nation. Most of the founding fathers were deists, meaning they believed there was a god, but they had no belief in the Christian god. They publicly outcried against religion. Not to say they are right, but to proclaim that this is a Christian nation is only true in the sense that the majority of people that are citizens here are Christians. A country being secular, which ours is traditionally in practice governmentally, doesn't take away from your religious practices whatsoever. You are still allowed to teach your children everything you want to. You wouldn't want the schools to take over and teach your children your personal beliefs that you want to pass on to them would you? That's how it feels for atheist parents, like the government is trying to tell them that there isn't a such thing as raising a child as someone who makes up their own mind one day.