Should we remove "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance?
In the original Pledge of Allegiance the phrase "under God" was NOT included. This phrase was only added in 1954 because we were in the Cold War with Communist Russia and one of the main differences between the U.S. and Russia at that time was a cultural belief in God. Communists were largely atheists and we added "under God" into the pledge as a way to separate ourselves from communists.
Quote:Acton family: Remove 'under God' from Pledge of Allegiance
ACTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - A Middlesex Superior Court Judge is expected to issue a written decision on a controversial case involving the Pledge of Allegiance.
Judge Jane Heggarty heard arguments on Monday in the case of an Action family who has filed suit against the Acton-Boxborough School District to take the words “under God” out of the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Plaintiffs are named as Jane and John Doe out of concern for what they call “public hostility.” Their children are listed as ages 13, 11, and 9.
David Niose, the lawyer for the plaintiffs, describes the family as atheists and humanists. They say the children don’t have a problem reciting the pledge, just the phrase, “under God.”
Niose told FOX 25’s Sharman Sacchetti, “Every day these kids go to school and the pledge is recited declaring that the nation is in fact under God. That marginalizes them and suggests that people who don’t believe in God are less patriotic.”
The school district argues the pledge is entirely voluntary.
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I think we should remove the phrase. It is outdated, we are no longer in a cold war. Under whose God does it refer to, anyway? Under Zeus?
Quoting MoonlightDancer:No. People do not have the right to not be offended.
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what???
Quoting AdrianneHill:
Yes, people have the right to hear the original pledge, without the hysterical addition of jesus by an anti communist government trying to piss off another country
lol
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