Do those of you that oppose changing a pledge to our nation even know this?

You changed it allready, it is unamerican, shameful, and should be returned to it's original state.



The Pledge of Allegiance was written in August of 1892 and the words %26quot;under god%26quot; weren't added until 1954 after a campaign by the Knights of Columbus...a catholic organization.



It's so funny because I asked a question about this yesterday and here was most of the responses on why not to change it.



%26quot;why do you think you should change something given to us by our forefathers%26quot; (wasn't written until over 100 years after their deaths)



%26quot;if it aint broke don't fix it%26quot;



typical uninformed ignorance



and more things arguing about how wrong it is to change something that historic that is a pledge to our nation. Why did these same people fight to change it in 1954 then?Do those of you that oppose changing a pledge to our nation even know this?It was changed right before the US got involved in the cold war. %26quot;Under God%26quot; was added to make the war about good vs. evil -- apparently by adding god to our pledge, it made us appear to be better people.



I think it should definitely be changed back.
Do those of you that oppose changing a pledge to our nation even know this?
I won't pledge allegiance to this country until it stops playing empire, no matter what words are involved in the pledge
Do those of you that oppose changing a pledge to our nation even know this?
slavery wasn't broke either, unless you were a slave.
the religious right attempted to take over this country in the 50's and the result was the social uprising of the 60's. They are attempting it again and it will result in the same type of social upheaval.
Why do you care now? Don't like the words %26quot;under God%26quot;, then don't say them. The vast majority of the US has no problem with the pledge, so why try to impose your views onto the majority?



Btw, the Bill of Rights wasn't written to re-enforce the minority view, they apply to everyone equally. Nor were they written to give any minority %26quot;special rights.%26quot;
As an atheist, I am open enough to recognize that people came to this country to have relgious freedom. This implied that most of them at any rate believed in some Diety, just didn't wish to be told which one to believe in. The framers of the constituion wisely wished to avoid state run religions yet they too recognized a deity (we are endowed by our creator)--therefore there is a tradition of a Deity in this country. Our country has traditions--and as long as we honor this tradition by speaking of a Deity in the abstract--not pushing any particular religion--as an athesit I have no problem with this tradition. I simply have a problem when someone tells me i HAVE to do something. If a child or an adult doesn't wish to recite the pledge or if they prefer to leave the under god out of it--it is their choice to do so. i don' view that as forcing me tto acknowledge something I don't believe in--there are things I do for my mother-not because I have to but because I honor her. I see no harm no foul in honoring this american tradition. If the supremes decided against--everyone remember that choices work both way--it is also the choice of americans to leave the pledge as is--regardsless of what the supremes say, just as you are free to leave those words out--you are equally as free to express your views by leaving them in if the court takes them out. An excercise in futility in our court system i think.
I'm all for taking the reference out based on the concept of Separation of church and state.
*Is Catholic*



Many of the important founding fathers of the US were not all that Christian, but many people do not realize that either.



As for the change in the pledge it is because the addition is an improvement as it beings to restore God to this country. Those that argue that the pledge should not be changed because that was the intent of the founding fathers are simply wrong. It is better to argue that the movement is not to %26quot;keep America Christian%26quot; but it is rather to improve and strengthen the centrality of Christ in the public sphere in American political sphere because that is honest.



But the liberal side is also not in keeping with the intent of the founding fathers, for the fathers were very religious and were biased towards one religion over the other, they just however were not all that Christian.