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What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand???

Good. They have every right to be atheist but not to change tradition or history in this manner. No one forces them to say it and thus have no basis.

Honestly, this just seems like a ploy for attention.

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Canada born, Georgia raised.

Indeed. It seems to me that if people want to change the Pledge, they can and should use the avenue that was used to change it in 1954: Congressional legislation. I would say the same for pro-life groups who have also argued at times to add ".....liberty and justice for all, born and unborn" to the pledge.

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What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand???

Unless the executive needs donations and votes, then they can ask for an Executive Order...

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"You get the respect that you give" - cnredd

Sad thing is that this isn't really news. This is standing precedent.

Now, 50+ years ago, under the analysis, it would have been impermissible because it was designed to promote religion. Now, it's become as "innocuous" as "bless you" when someone sneezes.

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The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so.

-- Hitler, April 11 1942

Good for the judge.

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I don't think it should have ever been added to the pledge during McCarthyism to start with, but whatever.

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What religion does it promote, and please be specific..........

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So let me see... the long standing Pledge of Allegiance was changed by the religious to include the words "under god" so as to make the pledge more religious. (the fourth time it was changed, btw)

That was okay.

But suddenly, it's NOT religious anymore and changing the pledge is a bad, bad thing and we shouldn't change history or tradition, like... EVER!

And when I was in school, we were forced to say it. I went to detention more than once for refusing to.

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The Constitution guarantees freedom OF religion not freedom FROM religion. This obvious distinction has been perverted into a legal suppression of religious expression where the sensitivities of the atheist are honored above the Constitution.