Our Pledge of Allegiance as a Religously United Nation
“…To the republic for which it stands 1 nation, ‘UNDER GOD’ indivisible with liberty and justice for all.” Do the children of America, whether atheist, Christian, Muslim or any other religion, that they have freedom to choose, attending a public school, not say these words every morning before their public school classes start? Post 9/11 many state legislatures felt that in order to improve patriotism school children should be required to give, “The Pledge of Allegiance” every morning according to law. Is this fair, for the children to be required to PLEDGE themselves to an ALLEGIANCE for which they have no compassion, or to which they and their parents are strongly apposed to? Should they have to give themselves over to the grea
In 1954, Congress added "under God" between the words "one nation" and "indivisible." Members wanted to be able to easily differentiate between America's democracy and communist governments that banned religion, mainly the Russians. Are these words necessary to be spoken for the youth of America to become more patriotic? Or do the children just speak what they are told in monotone not even realizing what they might have said against their own religion or beliefs.
There is no need for these two words to be in the Pledge of Allegiance. The purpose of school is to learn about the facts of life. The purpose of church is to learn about spiritual growth in your faith. We can not as a society, intertwine the two because of our diverse religious