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One nation, under God?

remove it or not? And why?

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    It violates the constitution. Simple as that. It says that the government must no be part of any specific religion, however it may allow any under it but to make it just one insults our founders who were not christians and who intended this to be a free land.

  • Nate
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I'd go back to the original pledge that was exactly the same except the under god part that was added during McCarthyism, yes

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    This is how I say the pledge:

    I pledge allegiance to the flag

    of the United States of America

    and to the republic for which it stands

    one nation, under HYPNOTOAD

    ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD

    And then I clap three times.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    God refers to all gods. Back then it was a common practice to say "God" instead of the exact name of a certain religion's god. Since most people were religious back then that would've been the most common saying. But, you shouldn't just change the Pledge of Allegiance that was made by the founding fathers because it offends a certain group of people.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Restore the pledge of allegiance to it's original state:

    "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

    -as written in 1892-

    "Under God" was added in 1954

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Remove it. Not only does it violate the Constitution, but it also was not originally in the pledge; it wasn't added until 1954.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The original (written by a progressive socialist minster, *gasp*) in the late 1800s didn't include it. Therefore, it's a violation of copyright.

    Also, it throws off the whole meter.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Might as well remove it since it violates the First Amendment.

  • 1 decade ago

    We have way more important issues in our country to focus on and spend time and money on.

  • neil s
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I find it ironic that they put those two words between "nation" and "indivisible," as if to say "here, lets divide it."

    No reference to a deity should be made in anything government sponsored.

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