The phase Under God as inserted into the pledge states an outright
governemental endorsement of a certain religion, which according to
the constitution is not allowed. It does not matter whether the person
is a believer or not, what does matter is a governement mandated
religious practice.

larry

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 22:04:15 -0500, brobborb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well you are not forced to say it or believe in it (if you are, then that is not wrong and possibly illegal!).  Using that logic, i can just say...there are people on this earth who believe in God, implying that not believing in a God is incorrect, let's get rid of these people!
>
> I hope you dont see everything in life this way, you can be offended at anything!
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Ben Doom
>  To: CF-Community
>  Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 5:04 PM
>  Subject: Re: Religious oppression in action
>
>  > Implied by the law? no way!
>
>  Implied by the Pledge itself.  Including the text "under God" implies
>  that there is, in fact, at least one god, and probably only one God
>  (note capitilizaion) depending on interpretation.
>
>  --Ben
>
>  >   > See there's a difference.  You got in trouble for NOT SAYING IT.  Now
>  >   > that is something I am against!  it's not the pledge of allegiance that
>  >   > should be changed, but the people who are forcing you to say "under
>  >   > God".  Please don't take it out on the pledge of allegiance!
>  >
>  >   There is still the implication that if I don't believe in God, I'm
>  >   wrong.  Not saying "under God" doesn't imply that believing in God is
>  >   incorrect.  At least that's the way I feel.
>  >
>  >   --Ben
>
>
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