2007-04-04 15:48:24 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the following was taken from the web site: Restorethepledge.org
The Pledge of Allegiance is a national symbol, and as such all Americans should be able to freely participate in reciting it, especially students in public schools. However, the words "under God" are clearly a promotion of a specific religious belief. These words, added by Congress in 1954, are in violation of the First Amendment - "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..."
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
think about the liberty part. if we demand that God be included in this pledge it takes away the liberty.
2007-04-12 11:08:39 · answer #1 · answered by seawolfsfire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Against
2007-04-04 23:42:22 · answer #2 · answered by Krayden 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am for having the word God in the pledge!!!
2007-04-12 21:38:07 · answer #3 · answered by Malaia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am against it. The pledge was originally composed as an expression of one's patriotic feelings for one's country. Not all Americans believe in a monotheistic male deity. The pre-1954 pledge was much more appropriate for a nation that cherishes religious freedom for all.
2007-04-04 23:01:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
For. The word God is not a vote toward any religious institution's philosophy. It is a generic term. The only people who have a problem with it are people who do not believe in a God of any kind. But since they, themselves, declare they are not a religion, the constitutional provisions about church and state do not apply to them as it was designed to seperate the ability of Congress to apply law to prefer any one particular religion as a state religion, that is, by law, the only allowable religion.
2007-04-11 21:49:17 · answer #5 · answered by Truth7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Against - the Pledge is for allegiance to the country, and our Constitution dictates that the government of that country will not establish a religion.
2007-04-04 22:59:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
dont really care.
it was added to the pledge, so it is not original.
I am Pagan and can easily say that god can refer to any god.
what i am against is Making people that do not believe in it say it. i feel that Athiest or Pagan or Agnostic kids should be allowed to not say the pledge, to modify it to suit their specific named god or goddess. or to omit the god refrence altogether.
2007-04-04 22:55:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
You pledge your allegiance to God only!
2007-04-11 15:03:46 · answer #8 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because it wasn't in the orginal pledge.
"God" came into play in the 1950's.
2007-04-04 23:05:30 · answer #9 · answered by Joa5 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am for the rights of authors to have their works unchanged.
The Baptist minister who wrote the pledge did not have an under god in there, but that didn't make him anti-god.
If you believe the author deserves respect, respect his words as he wrote them.
2007-04-05 08:38:52 · answer #10 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋