Amazingly enough I happen to agree with you guys that the words Under God should never have been introduced, and in fact the originator of the pledge had issues with this as well for the same reasons listed below. I am a religious man who attends church and so on, but I don't think that prayer has any place in school, and by having God referenced in the Pledge, it is a prayer of sorts and not just a Pledge of Allegiance. Just as I said (after I was called out by Judah) I don't think this is or should be a Christian Nation. I recognize that there are many diverse children in our schools and thus the word God may be offensive to some .. So forgetting that the word God is missing from this "revised" version, the other points still stand I believe.
Bruce Scott Stewart wrote: > And I think "Under God" should be removed. > Here's my reasoning. > > 1) the original intent of our founding fathers, that the church is the > church and the state is the state, and neither the two shall meet > > 2) The United States is made up of many different religions (anyone have > statistics on Christian vs. non Christian) we cannot cater to one and not > the others, the best way is to not cater to any. It's the only fair way > > 3) I feel that if a person is religious, his or her faith should drive their > personal choices, but should not influence the government at large. > > 4) We are "a nation of laws not men" > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243431 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
