An article citing the reasons the line "under god" should be removed from the pledge of allegiance.
Title: An article citing the reasons the line "under god" should be removed from the pledge of allegiance.
Category: /Social Sciences/Controversial Issues
Details: Words: 560 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
An article citing the reasons the line "under god" should be removed from the pledge of allegiance.
Category: /Social Sciences/Controversial Issues
Details: Words: 560 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
...One Nation, Uh, Indivisible...
Two words in the Pledge of Allegiance - "under god" - have sparked a firestorm from the schools of California to the halls of the Supreme Court, which will decide next June about the legality of the phrase. In a diverse country with a great variety of religious faiths running the gamut from devoted believers to atheists, issues of government and religion are a touchy subject. However, it is clear that …showed first 75 words of 560 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 560 total…clearly needs to strike down the "under god" phrase. However, the Pledge should not be completely removed from schools by any means. It should only be made completely religion-neutral, with no mention of any god. Thus, everyone's differing beliefs would be respected and no one would be excluded from showing his or her patriotism. A religion-neutral pledge would not alter the fundamental meaning of the Pledge, but simply restore it to its original, Constitutional context.
