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            Every citizen in the United States possesses rights that no person or government can take away from them. Our U.S. Constitution, which is the framework for our law of government, clearly states the rights we Americans have entitled to us. The first sentence of The First Amentment says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Many agree that the perspective of the Establishment Clause was intended to prohibit the federal government from declaring and financially supporting a national religion. I believe that our Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitiutional, because what it does is declare that we as a nation are under a god. .
             In the Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, the Supreme Court held that the government violates the Constitution by the "Mere passage of a policy that has the purpose and perception of government establishment of religion." This shows that it is not necessary for a student to partcipate in prayers or the Pledge in order to be injured when the government endorses and supports partaking.
             Our ancestors traveled to a new world to escape prejudice of religion and to be able to worship whoever they please, whether it be a god or no god. Children are forced to say the Pledge in school and forced to believe that this is the Nation under God, and if they do not, they might face prejudice from their classmates. Our Pledge does not say Under Allah, or Under Buddah, or Under Muhammud, it says Under God which referes to the Christian God. Maybe instead of taking two words out of our Pledge, we could just add one word, the word no. Our Pledge would read One Nation Under NO God. The majority of our country, who are Christians, will feel what the minority Athiest feels.
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