One nation _______, indivisble, with liberty and justice for all?

Question

Are you in favor or against the Supreme Court overruling California's court decision to remove the words, "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance?

Is this an example of constitutional law breaking laws pertaining to separation of church and state?

Answer 1

I'm in favor of leaving "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Our country was founded on religion. It was founded by religious people, and those same people are the ones who wrote our Constitution. You know, the original one before some left wing lunatics decided to add so many amendments to absolve anything to do with religion and add laws to protect us from ourselves that it's hardly recognizable anymore.

I suppose next you'll want to remove "in god we trust" from our printed money and documents too? I just hope one day people and organizations like the ACLU out to destroy Christianity will stop taking their anger with God out on the rest of us. That's between them and Him.

Answer 2

Yes and no. The purpose of the judicial system is to both interpret the constitution and laws regarding it, and pass judgement based on that interpretation. The court, in its "infinite" wisdom (I use that term lightly, obviously) could have interpreted the pledge to have little to do with the overall premise of the nation as a state.

One could argue that the pledge is simply an oath of loyalty TO the state, and not necessarily a function or part of the state itself. To me, that would make sense, and it would be sensible that the court would overrule it.

Honestly, it's bull-(expletive) like this that ties up the judicial system and spends taxpayers money irrationally. To me, it's more of an outrage in this perspective, rather than what you've brought up.

Just my two cents, tho'.

Answer 3

"Is this an example of constitutional law breaking laws pertaining to separation of church and state?"

Huh??? That questions does not make any sense.

Am I in favor of retaining the words "under God" in the pledge? Yes. Any court that has ruled that the words don't belong in the pledge because of the Establishment Clause should have its ruling overturned by the U.S. Sup. Ct.

Answer 4

I'm neither in favor of nor against any decision of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is not a political body and should not be influenced by popular opinion.

Answer 5

The whole god issue has gone to far in this country. We are not aloud to say Merry X-mas anymore because we might offend someone of the Jewish faith or some other non-Christan faith. We are becoming way to politically correct here in America, we can not do or say a lot of things now-a-days for fear of offending someone. It is time that people grow up and find something else to complain about in the greatest country on earth. We the people really need to start speaking up and having our voices heard on these things. I lost a job because I could not speak Spanish, am I in Mexico, do I need to know this? I don't think I do, I'm in Minnesota. Well I'm offended that I lost a job because some that started working there after me could not speak or write in English...

Answer 6

Those two words weren't in it at the beginning and were put in during the 1950's. I remember as a kid in elementry school learning it and then haveing to learn it again with those words in it. Most people just recite the pledge by rote anyway. It is part of the ritual. They just say it because it is tradition. I doubt many people give it much thought. When kids learn it they learn the words like they do a nursery rhyme. The nursery rhymes don't necessarily make sense to kids (or adults for that matter) and to a kid this is really no different. When those same kids grow up they join the ritual and say the pledge because it is what we do.

It is kind of like ring around the rosies. A pocket full of posies. Ashes, ashes we all fall down.

Answer 7

For.
Could you find where in the United States Constitution that it calls for "separation of church and state"?

Answer 8

What is the separation of church and state? Have you ever read the constitution? It doesn't say that.

Answer 9

under god does not break the rules of separation of church and state. As long as there is freedom of religion, the country does not promote or establish a church, than its all good.

Answer 10

under god is fine. I dont take is as the christian god, and since one of our amendments is freedom of religion, stating that we are a nation who believes in god, whatever got that may be, is fine for me. People who try to push the Christian ideal and agenda however is not ok with me. As for your seperation of church and state..naw...But giving rights based upon a religious ceremony is! aka marriage. Shooting down a law based upon religious reasons is Im not so worried about words in the pledge, so much as the action taken by christian biggots.