Geeze...I hate this one. First of all, the Constitution says what it says, and it isn't at all ambivalent on the subject. "No establisment of religion" is pretty clear.
However, you can't turn around in this country without running into "religion." It's on our money, our courthouses, pick something...there it is. You swear on a Bible when you testify in Court. (That actually has to do more with psychology than religion, as it's been verified that even people who don't believe have trouble with swearing on a Bible then lying.)
Now, this whole mess has nothing to do with my own personal religion, to which I am very devout, so I guess I'm supposed to be up in arms over the whole thing. However...I'm not. (I chose my religion because of the "mellow and groovy" features, and we have no panty wadding over what you personally chose to call The Great Whatever. If you choose *not* to believe in The Great Whatever, that's cool, too. No skin off our hooked, warted noses either way.)
The whole "under God" thing was *added.* (I forget when. Decades ago, though.) Nobody's got a writer on staff who can fix this, so that kids can still be helped along with their young patriotism...before they get old enough to have it shafted by watching the news? I realize "one nation under God, however you define him/her/it/them or chose not to believe in one at all" is a tad lumpy...but taking out two words certainly shouldn't strain the feeblest of writers. "One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." (That's from grade school memory, so forgive me if I forgot anything.)
Hey...let's get a lawsuit going because my sensiblities as a writer have been offended.
09-14-2005
Re: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united board called Oprano....
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