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Pledge of Allegiance

12 Pledges
  • Start Date:
    1-12-2007
  • Last Pledge:
    4-4-2009

Issue:

"Should the words "under God" be in the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance? They were added as a result of the Red Scare (a widespread hysterical fear of communism that consumed the United States in the 1920s and then again in the 1950s) and were intended to separate us from the religious-less communists."

Belief:

In God We Trust. Oaths sworn in court use the phrase '…so help me God.' The Supreme Court convenes with a prayer, 'God save this honorable court.' Every mention of God in a Government run institutions is a breach of separation of church and state.

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we get rid of this were just turning into a whole different nation. we have freedom of religion for a reason. and if we have to sensor that then your in a whole different country. when i go to fight for this country its not going to be for a country whose turning there backs on the morals it was founded on.

THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AND AS SUCH OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WOULD BE ROLLING OVER IN THERE GRAVES RIGHT NOW IF THEY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THEIR COUNTRY. WE SHOULD AND WILL LEAVE THAT IN THE PLEDGE AND ON OUR MONEY.

This country is known for keeping with the same attitude for years and now we are going astray from our natural image. i can t even type im so angry.
im the most patriotic Son of america youll ever meet. and if its one thing i wont allow. its the changing of how my country has been run and i wont allow getting rid of the reason this country was founded.

And as for pledging in itself i pledge not becuase i have to. but becuase i want to. I pledge myself to serve this country and the people in it. but thats THIS country not wat its going to become if you people keep taking away our values!!!!

It may come as a surprise to a lot of people but if you play back the winning night of Mr. Obama. you would have heard that the plans have already been started to take out the Under God in our Pledge and the God we founded this country on. It was with a meeting of Oprah and a lady reporter and it was made mention several time that we were now one nation, indivisible...... This struck me as very crass on there part. He has already started change in the flag, not saluting our flag, and various other fun things like not even being sworn in with a Bible,
We are definite in for a major change.
We are taking on a person with little or no experience and not enough to be his own body guard....If he chooses to prove that he is born here then by all means let us let him prove it before the deadline to have him ousted from the most prestigious office in the USA..... He could also be booted out of the Senate for all a care

Are you crazy? really? i watched that whole night and all i heard was him saying God bless America. Get a grip on reality please. and by the way he was surrounded by flags.

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the repulbic for which it stands one Nation UNDER GOD. enough said

I will not pledge. I personally feel it should be taken out of the pledge of allegiance, off money, off the walls of our court house, our of the class rooms, and that Christians would STOP knocking on my door, hanging fliers on my vehicle, and stop harrassing people in general!!! I use to go to church, and every church I have gone to are filled with hipocrits! NONE of them follow the bible anyway, only the parts that are convenient for them and frankly, The bible in its entirety is a crock! God says thou shall not kill! How many people in the bible did God kill or have killed? Thou shall not covent thy neighbors wife! Who's wife did God impregnate? Which falls under Thou shall not commit adultery! Hmmm! I have had tooo many so called Christians go to church every Sunday, and go home, molest their kids, cheat on their wives and husbands, Go gambling and the whole nine yards. When I was little, a family that went to my church lost their home and everything they owned in a fire. They still showed up on Sunday, in the only clothes they had that they happened to be wearing during the fire, and had No shoes. Instead of the so called Christians welcoming them with open and caring arms, they shunned them! Everyone that they sat next to, got up and moved away like they had a plague, wouldn't talk to them, it was the most disgraceful thing I had ever seen! It is suppose to be freedom of religion, well I won't freedom from religion!! I am tired of having their beliefs crammed down my throat on a daily basis. The ONLY reason they are knocking on your door wanting you to go to church isn't because they care about your soul, its because they need your money in that **** bowl! To pay for the preachers Huge House, expensive car, and that HUGE ASS Church!!! I am glad to see how many people are waking up, and opening their eyes to the real truth! They can believe what they want, just stop telling me about it!! A couple of Children that go to school with my children, are going around telling the other kids: You are going to hell because you don't go to church, You are going to hell because you didn't do your homework, etc.... Their parents should have their asses kicked for teaching their children to JUDGE others!! Isn't Thou shall not judge part of the Bible???? Hmmmm... Another acquaintance of mine that is Christian.. Was stating that Gays and Lesbians should be thrown in jail because what they are doing is against the bible... I say, Who is she to judge? Why do Christians feel the need to butt into everyone elses business?? I say good riddance to it all!!!

Joe Jonas Lover I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ANY MORE, IT SEEMS FALSE TO ME NOW

And to those who say this country was founded on God, you obviously don't know your history. America was founded on religious freedom and tolerance in general. The vast majority of emigrants came to this country to escape persecution, religious persecution in particular for the earliest emigrants. The vast majority of the founding fathers had no faith and were deists at best. Some were flat-out opponents of Christianity and religion as a whole.

"During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution." -James Madison
"Question with boldness even the existence of God; because if there be one, He must approve of the homage of Reason rather than that of blindfolded Fear." -Thomas Jefferson
"I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved -- the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced!" -John Adams
"I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies." -Benjamin Franklin

Todd-
Do you support intolerance? That's the entire reason "in God we trust", "under God", and other mentions of God were added in 1954 to weed out the filthy, evil, atheistic communists in this country. Hardly a Christlike movement, don't you think?

First of all, it is not a breach of separation of church and state. That was also created long after the country was founded. Try the 1960s. If you go to the Supreme Court what do you see on the wall? Moses holding the 10 comandments. If you go to the Senate, there are designs all over the inside and out of nearly all the buildings and they refer to God, moses, 10 commandments so it should stay. Just because were are in a new century...God never changes and is always the same. The one true God of the Bible.

you people that think under god should be taken out of the POA are worng. Have you all forgot what this country was built on, or did u forget that class.

I have never forgotten what this country was built on, it certainly was not a belief in Jesus and christianity. The words under god clearly violates the 1st amendment, due to the fact that congress enacted a law inserting it.

"under god " has no place in the POA.It should be over, we re in the 21th century !!

If the POA said "and to the democracy for which it stands" instead of "and to the republic"...you'd see a shift in salivators.
I personally find the "under God" addition to be supererogatory and divisive. Will any God do, or does it have to be the Christian God?

My opinion is it refers to the God you believe in.

Why are people so afraid of 2 words...I feel that having faith in God can truley help many people. Our nation was founded with those words and just because someone doesn't like it doesn't mean it should be removed. Taking it out may only cause alot of people to be upset. Freedom Of religion right? If you don't like then don't say the pledge!!

What kind of freedom are you proposing? I love my country and want to pledge my support but should I be forced by my goverment into believing in god to do it. Remove the words, there were not originally in the pledge and then you can say them if you wish!

the Pledge of Allefiance stands as it is!!!

 Look this country was founded in the belief of In  God  we trust, and you know what it works. Also, "under God" works for all religions and different cultures in this country. So to remove thosr two words in order to please the minority of godless liberals and wannabe socialists infesting would simply be unAmerican.
Actually as with most people, your knowledge of our country and its founding is flawed. Please read the constitution and the bill of rights and you will find no mention of the words "God, Creator or Jesus". How can this be? it is because the Founding father not matter their beliefs, decided that religion should be kept out of goverment. I will fight for your right to believe in god, but you should fight for all our rights under the constitution.

Actually if you want to go there then not taking it out could be concidered unAmerican. note: Freedom of Religion, or speach or whatever someone wants to use. And the capital G in god is what people have a problem with. Mainly Christians use the capital g if I'm as knowledgeable about religions as I think I am, all other ones use actual names for their gods.
But I think it would cause more work than necessary to take it out. It hasn't hurt anyone.

Aqua is right. It'd take more time to take it out. I, personally, say under Gods. Thats just me. Go Paganists.

The pledge of allegience is not only an allegience to our country but the One who has dominion over it. We should keep God in the pledge and let it stay as it has since God is the One we are under,
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