Comment: God is a universal title not a actual name for a deity. Christians need to understand this Truth. Just because you say God doesn't mean you are referring to Jehovah. In reality Jehovah wouldn't want his name mentioned in the Pledge of Allegiance. Christians allegiance is to Jehovah God only not the flag of the U.S. from Columbus, Ohio by Duane
Comment: we all should believe in something.what is so wrong with having faith these days? from heath, ohio by greg
Comment: Our Constitution was based on God; Why wouldn't an American want to say "Under God" since it is in the Pledge of Allegiance? This should not even be an issue since our nation was based on God. from Circleville, Ohio, Ohio by Debby
Comment: If God is left out ,there will no longer be a U.S.A. from columbus, ohio by dan
Comment: i think you should cause its america.if you take that out then what do we have left.it doesn't feel like america anymore from galloway, ohio by pamela
Comment: We need to keep God in more than we do now, not take Him out of anything else. At the risk of showing my age, we need God back in our schools. This country was founded with biblical principles. from Cambridge, Ohio by Cindi
Comment: this nation was founded under God. In God we do trust. from powell, ohio by melissa
Comment: No, what happened to separation of church and state?I'm an atheist but even those of different religions shouldn't be subjected to Christian beliefs daily. from London, Ohio by Zach
Comment: Yes!! That's the way our "Pledge of Allegiance" is supposed to be, us Americans shouldn't have to change it just because others don't like or believe in it. from Marysville, Ohio by Sabrina
Comment: And if you don't like it, get out of this country! from reynoldsburg, ohio by Bryan
Comment: 20%, or 1 in 5 of the 307 million Americans do not believe in any sort of god. The original pledge was written by Baptist minister, and Christian socialist, Francis Bellamy, and was published in the September 8th issue of The Youth's Companion, the leading family magazine and the Reader's Digest of its day. The words "under god," were only added by congress in 1954 after a successful campaign by the Knights of Columbus to convert the original pledge into both a patriotic oath and a public prayer. Since there is supposed to be a clear separation of church and state, and public schools are funded by the government, either locally or nationally, the only logical and rational conclusion is that the "Pledge of Allegiance" in it's current form (it's been changed twice: in 1924 and 1954) is in clear violation of said separation. Fellow atheists and agnosticts, there is still reason for hope. In the past 100 years, the only system of belief that has gained membership consistantly and has never lost any ground pertaining to number of people who proclaim it as their way of thinking or viewing religion is Atheism. All religions have peaks and valleys when it comes to membership, Atheism has steadilly and perpetually increased every year since records have been kept. So eventually we will be the mojority and then we can rid our pledges, money and courthouses of all ridiculous unprovable superstitios beliefs. from Columbus, Ohio by Jason
Comment: i considerite a honor to say In God We Trust from Chillicothe, Ohio by Richard
Comment: This country was founded and built on the belief in God from Columbus, Ohio by Greg
Comment: Actually, I am a little torn on the issue. As a Christian, I have no problem saying "under God". But at the same time, "under God" wasn't added to the Pledge until 1954, as a rebuff to a court case involving Madalyn Murray O'Hair (I recall).
So I guess if a person is afraid of saying "under God" for whatever reason, they shouldn't have to say it. from Columbus, Ohio by Ron
Comment: We Are One Nation "Under God"! If we dont acknowledge that, what are we? from Columbus, Ohio by Tony
Comment: The "Under God" wasn't addred to the pledge until the 1950's during the whole "Red Scare". I guess they thought that would expose who were "godless commies"...like people couldn't say it and not mean it! It doesn't need to be in the pledge. from Columbus, Ohio by Caitlin
