Tuesday, July 23, 2002

Recently there have been court battles to remove the words 'under God' from The Pledge of Allegiance. I believe after examining the evidence, anyone, religious or not, that believes following the constitution will agree. First off, it wouldn't be changing the pledge, it would be restoring it. You see, the words 'under God' were not part of the original pledge. They were added in 1964 by the Eisenhower Administration to distance America from our once allies, the Communist U.S.S.R. The original pledge had no reference whatsoever to God.

Furthermore, if it infringes on the right to worship as we choose, please take the following statement into consideration: The pledge clearly states: "I pledge allegiance to the flag... one nation, under God..." which implies that if you are allegiant to the flag, you also believe in God. And as everyone knows, belief in God is not unanimous among residents of the United States.

Finally, the most common and widespread argument, separation from church and state. So if you still believe that your rights are being infringed, think about people who do not believe in God and how they are literally having their rights stripped away from them by being forced to believe in God.