Jersey Girl

There's been lots of debate over the years regarding the pledge of allegiance and whether or not "under God" should remain. Here are some websites regarding the history of the pledge and information put forth by organizations on both sides of the issue.

A history of when and why the pledge was written, changes to it over time and more. http://pledgeqanda.com/

Proponents for retaining "Under God" at http://www.stopliberaljudges.com/

Proponents of removing "Under God" at http://www.restorethepledge.com/

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krepitch

Removed. Absolutely.

PortlandCardFan

Don't care!!

If you don't 'believe' then don't say it.

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Stout

Should we remove it and every other God reference from every other document, coin, bill, etc, or should we leave it be as the Founders intended? Keep it, by God!

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40yearfan

Keep it.

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RedStorm

Keep it.

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Kolo

Keep it. It's traditional at this point, it's preferred by the vast majority of Americans, and to everybody who feels somehow offended by hearing the word (gasp) "God," well, get over it as best you can.

Djaughe

Keep it.

justAndy

40 - aren't you old enough to remember the pledge to America - with NO god reference?
It is a fact that we have 50+ years of the religious takeover of the pledge...

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Rivercard

We shouldn't run our country by a book of religion. Not by a heap or a lump or a smidgen.

Remove it.

Djaughe

To be replaced by the atheist doctrine that all public references to religion should be removed?

Hmm...sounds hypocritical to me.

Jersey Girl

I say keep it. If you don't want to say it, don't say it.

We actually had a kid in school who was from Ghana and, as I remember, he never said the pledge. He would stand out of respect, but he would never say the pledge. I don't see anything wrong with that.

I stand for the Canadian athem at baseball and hockey games when my team plays a team from Canada. No biggie.

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krepitch

I don't think that removing public references to religion is atheistic. Saying "One nation, in which God does not exist" would be.

Djaughe

Heck even both political parties are for the pledge...back in 2002 the Senate voted 99-0 and the House of Representatives voted 416-3 to reaffirm the words "under God" in the pledge.

I'm sure this is where KoC says something to the effect:

krepitch

LOL...good to know that Congress was working on such important things in 2002. Can't think of anything else that they may have wanted to discuss.