Is it ok if my child says Flying Spaghetti Monster in the Pledge of Allegiance?

Question

what if he says sky wizard, would that be constitutionally protected?

my point is, people wanna say god in the their pledge its their right, why is this an issue,

to the stupid atheist guy who started this whole thing 2 years ago, from me to you, me an agnostic atheist whatever you wanna label me, stfu

Answer 1

For Ichi:

I pledge allegiance
to the flag
of the United States of America
and to the republic
for which it stands
one nation
under God
indivisible
with liberty and justice for all

It used to be said, when I was in elementary school (I'm 19 now) every morning before class.

I was raised atheistic, and I didn't really care whether God was in the Pledge of Allegiance or not. I was just a kid, kids don't care about that crap. They care about how long recess will be, or what Mom packed for lunch. They don't care if they say God or not in school.

Answer 2

The pledge of Alliance was once just a lowly poem. It's not Holy doctrine.

Francis Bellamy (1855 - 1931), a Baptist minister, wrote the original Pledge in August 1892. He was a Christian Socialist. In his Pledge, he is expressing the ideas of his first cousin, Edward Bellamy, author of the American socialist utopian novels, Looking Backward (1888) and Equality (1897).

In 1954, Congress after a campaign by the Knights of Columbus, added the words, 'under God,' to the Pledge. The Pledge was now both a patriotic oath and a public prayer.

Bellamy's granddaughter said he also would have resented this second change. He had been pressured into leaving his church in 1891 because of his socialist sermons. In his retirement in Florida, he stopped attending church because he disliked the racial bigotry he found there.

Answer 3

"Under God" was not in the original pledge of Allegiance. It was added later by a religious group. And "yes" you are protected by the bill of rights to add any "religious" figure you wish if you feel discriminated by the term "God".

Our forefathers left out the word "god" in a number of important historical documents because our Country was founded by people trying to avoid religious persecution. Something we seem to have forgotten.

Answer 4

I refused to say the 'under god' part when I was in Junior High & High School -- it wasn't originally part of the pledge when it was penned on September 7, 1892, so I considered the addition to be editorializing it. These words were added on June 14, 1954, in reaction to the communist scare. For 62 years, the pledge did not contain those words.

I got in rather a bit of trouble for it too, until my teachers made the near-fatal mistake of calling my mother and asking her why her Catholic son, born in a Catholic family, objected to 'under god'. Except... my mother knew the history too and objected to it as well.

Let us just say that you do NOT harrass an italian mother's child based on a lie... they insisted it was how it was originally written. My mother let them utterly have it.

After that... I just sat down and refused to say the pledge at all because of the hassle that was made. When they tried to expel me for "behavior disruptive and unbecoming of a member of the student body," my mother stormed into the principal's office, looked him very VERY square in the eyes, squinted, and uttered three words in a very harsh, whispered voice, and walked out. I never was hassled about it again.

The three words?

"Freedom of Expression"

I love my mommy. *g*

Answer 5

You're a silly one. The poor kid would be picked on. All the kids know the words to the Pledge. They don't have a problem with it...just the adults.

Answer 6

NO the current inclusion of God in the Pledge covers all religions. Yours would be limited to just one.

Answer 7

Anyone can say what they want. OK with me. Remember, under god is only there because it was added during McCarthyism. It was not in the original pledge.

Answer 8

Jim, I'd like to ask you a question. Why do you keep coming up with all of this silly juvenile stuff ? You and a couple of others come up with questions that seem to be out of the heads of pre-teens, FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER, isn't that clever ?
If you don't like the way the pledge is said. just don't say it, but please don't keep coming up with junk that makes n o sense.

Answer 9

If that is what your child thinks his god is than that would be fine. Remember that there is no god outside the Living God of Israel. Therefore, most peoples gods are not gods at all. Only imaginary idols conjured up to please themselves when things in life get uncomfortable. Who is a god outside of the Bible. The atheist is his own god, but can't even tell when he/she is going to die. The agnostic knows there must be a god, although to say Jesus is God would be uncomfortable because of what He said about us. But the God of the Bible is alive and well and rules from Heaven. He created the Earth and can destroy the Earth and all its inhabitants. This is a God to be feared. He is extremely powerful, and views humankind as vile because of their sins against Him. But God is rich in mercy in that He became a man born of a virgin, lived a perfect life full-filling over 300 prophesies, and died in our place fulfilling the full wrath of God. This gives us right standing with the all powerful God if we repent of our sins and trust in His Son, Jesus Christ to save us on Judgment Day. Amen.

Answer 10

One can use any phrase they wish for under god.. or they can use god. When you say the pledge it's your own personal choice.