I am a Christian, and I would say "under God" even if they removed the words. I have no problem if the guy next to me want to say "under no God." Would that be fair?
2007-07-25 01:17:34 · 9 answers · asked by ignoramus_the_great 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You don't have to say the Pledge at all.
The problem arises when schoolchildren are led in the 1954 version of the Pledge, which amounts to a coerced prayer.
I believe that children should not be led in a pledge of allegiance at all - that allegiance should be something carefully considered and voluntarily offered, not mindlessly recited. I think it's particularly backwards to lead children in thoughtless recitations of the deliberately divisive 1954 version of the Pledge (that is, the one with the words "under God" added to it), as that's likely to undermine their allegiance to the United States in deference to their particular religious sect. I put the United States above any religion, and it's hardly "allegiance" to the nation to proclaim that it's "under God". Quite the opposite, obviously.
2007-07-25 01:26:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
IMO, the words should be removed since they do break the rule of separation of church and state and in the original writing of the Pledge that phrase wasn't in their anyway. But in any case, if a student wants to say it differently or not at all, that should be their choice. It is wrong for schools to force children to take a pledge if they do not want to.
2007-07-25 09:05:10 · answer #2 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are not forced to even say the pledge. Even in my classroom when we say the pledge, I don't go around and make sure each child has words coming out of their mouths. I feel that the people that want to say the pledge the way that it is written are saying it. Why do the people who disagree with the wording try to ruin it for the rest of us?
2007-07-25 09:11:15 · answer #3 · answered by nubiangeek 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the original pledge of allegiance did not have "under God"; that was added during the cold war as some sort of anti-communistic measure. "under God" bastardizes the original intent of the author.
2007-07-25 08:38:25 · answer #4 · answered by az grande 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that the phrase should be removed entirely, and the text go back to the way it was before "under God" was added in 1954.
2007-07-25 08:28:09 · answer #5 · answered by chasm81 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Under God was added during the wave of McCarthyism and should be removed it was nothing more than a stupid reaction to the red scare.
2007-07-25 08:32:26 · answer #6 · answered by John C 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You do have the right to chose. It's called the First Amendment and I use it to chose to omit the words "Under God".
2007-07-25 08:22:06 · answer #7 · answered by OhKatie! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is disrespectful of the author of the pledge to add words that he did not write to it.
If you want to disrespect the author, fine.
2007-07-25 08:37:09 · answer #8 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You are probably politically correct, but the pledge is exactly what it is.
2007-07-25 08:21:55 · answer #9 · answered by Beau R 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋