should (under God) stay in the pledge?

Question

this is a poll i'm doing for my essay in English. Please respond with "yes" or "no".
please only vote once,
please get others to vote,
this will end this tuesday
best anser will go to someone and that day that will type the results for me.
Thanks

Answer 1

yes it should stay in the pledge.

Answer 2

Absolutely not!

The words "under God" were NOT in the original Pledge as it was written back in 1892. They were inserted during the McCarthyism era in 1954 at the urging of Knights of Columbus by Congress and President Eisenhower to counter the "godless Communists."

America was thought of as a thoroughly God-fearing nation at that time and what many people thought was that the only difference between us and the Commies was that we belonged to God and they were atheistic heathens bound for Hell. Religion was tightly bound to patriotism as well. You weren't a true American if you didn't believe in God in those days, or so people had a habit of thinking. To ensure that Americans everywhere, especially schoolchildren, remained loyal and didn't become spies or Communists, these two words were put into the Pledge.

That way, not only would kids pledge themselves to America, but to the God that was thought to have founded the nation through our forefathers. It was a deliberate breech of church and state that never should have happened, right down to what Eisenhower said as he signed the words into place; "From this day forward, the millions of our school children will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and every rural school house, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty."

Even the President, who is sworn to uphold the Constitution, as are all our Congressmen, deliberately violated the very document he swore to protect by signing the change to the Pledge. It was unconstitutional in 1954 and remains so now.

http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=16480

The above is the source I drew upon for my answer. I don't think many people even know the history of the Pledge, let alone the circumstances that led to the placement of those two supercharged little words. Truthfully, I didn't until it became an issue with me and I started looking into it. For me, like so many others, the words "under God" had always been there as part of the Pledge, which had also been the signal of the beginning of each schoolday.

Children don't think of the Pledge as something of controversy like adults do. It's just something they do.

I don't think the Pledge should be banned, but "under God" should definitely be removed as it is a certain violation of religious freedom and government endorsement of Christianity. Without those words, it would be "one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." And really, isn't that what America is REALLY about, not God?

Answer 3

Yes

Answer 4

Yes

Answer 5

Absolutely NO! We don't live in a theocracy! Religion should never take predecence over important issues! All that vote for yes will find this nation like israel in the near future!

Answer 6

No, what a terrible error in reason. The "Under God" in the pledge is a threat to other countries, to our own people who don't believe in the Christian God, and to the core values that makes America great: Individualism, reason, capitalism, justice, and freedom. America doesn't stand for force, it should stand for itself!

Answer 7

yes. even though it was a hyprcritical statement, this country was "founded on religion" remember the pilgrims. Religion is a huge part of government all over the world. peoples point of view may change of God but this country was built with him in mind.

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

Yes!!

Answer 10

yes