I'm an atheist, and quite frankly, I don't give a rat's behind about the word god in the pledge.
I view the turd from whereever who wanted to make a lawsuit out of it to be a total jack @ss who wants to waste everyones time.
2007-10-28 05:02:24 · 18 answers · asked by Spartacus 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Lets just stop with this bullsh!t already
2007-10-28 05:05:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the word God in the pledge of allegiance becomes an issue in the elections, I think we, as a nation, need to just give it up because, if we can be distracted and divided over something that ultimately small in the scheme of things, then we are no longer functioning as a nation. I think the ACLU ought to be disbanded; they have become a shrieking, manipulating, shrewish bunch who actually represent illegal aliens against our country. Hello? AMERICAN Civil Liberties? I think all this political correctness needs to end. My God, we know how to treat people, and you can have all the right buzz words, and still people inclined to do so are going to denigrate others. I think stringent rules about campaigning should be enforced and donations severely limited, so that everyone comes from a level playing field, and no one gets to buy their way into office. There are many things I think need changing, but the word God in the pledge of allegiance isn't one of them.
2007-10-28 05:16:34 · answer #2 · answered by claudiacake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not an atheist, but I agree.
What's happening is to be expected, howeer. The religious right (who, back in the 1950s, stuck the "under God" phrase in the Pledge in the first place) have spend quite a few years--especially thelast 7, trying to ram their perverted version of Christianity down evryone's throats. And--not surprisingly, there is a backlash from some people.
I don't blame these people for being angry. But they need to be focusing on the real damage--not symbolic issues. Things like billions in "faith-based" spending, the campaign of bigotry and hate directed against Americans who happen to be Muslim, the insertion of creationism into our schools, things like that.
2007-10-28 05:11:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The change change into in part inspired by a want to distinguish between communism, which promotes Atheism, and Western capitalistic democracies, that were a minimum of nominally Christian. The word "Atheistic Communists" has been repeated distinct cases that the traditional public has appropriate Atheism with communism; both are frequently considered synonymous. Many evaluate Atheism as unpatriotic and "un-American" as communism. maximum communists, international, are Atheists. yet, in North u.s., the opposite isn't genuine; maximum Atheists are non-communists. inspite of the very incontrovertible truth that there are possibly many Atheist and Humanist legislators on the federal and state degrees, few if any are prepared to bare their ideals, using severe prejudice adverse to persons protecting those perception structures.
2016-10-23 02:39:45 · answer #4 · answered by jepsen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it does become an issue, no candidate that debates it should be elected. One word means nothing! The should be speaking about what they plan to do with this country. Religion or lack of does not make a good leader. Action, compassion, and listening to those you lead make a leader.
2007-10-28 05:11:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope it doesn't become an issue for the election. That would be a waste of time when there are much more pressing issues that need to be considered.
2007-10-28 05:06:58 · answer #6 · answered by Tara 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Under God", was later added to the Pledge. God and Christian beliefs were and are the foundation of this country. The next step of these"anti God" people, is to remove God from our currency, buildings, then from the crosses we wear around our necks. I believe in Free Speech but the line has to be drawn.
2007-10-28 05:32:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, I do not believe this to be a constructive issue that would benefit Americans. It is just a personal issue that would be best left out of any campaign.
2007-10-28 05:06:03 · answer #8 · answered by rance42 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. The war in Iraq, the rhetoric against Iran and the problems in Pakistan and much more politically divisive.
2007-10-28 05:07:08 · answer #9 · answered by Dan H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hope not, because it's a pointless non-issue inserted only to distract and fire up the people incapable of concentrating on real issues.
2007-10-28 05:10:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really think so but there is a new controversy over banning the Pledge in Schools.
2007-10-28 05:05:22 · answer #11 · answered by ScarletBloodDoll 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋