Reply #15: why do they refuse to REMOVE the phrase? [View All]

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i mean really, it's one thing to debate how much of of a church/state violation the pledge in, given how required or not it is, given how kids can opt-out or not, or whatever.

but all this nonsense would just GO AWAY if we just agreed to drop the 'under god' bit and return it to the way it was originally written anyway.

BUT NOOOOOOOO.

someone tell me, where is the compelling government interest in asking kids to acknowledge a god that this nation is under.

and try to explain it without violating the church/state separation.

makes it a bit obvious when you think of it that way, huh?

you might not think there's much supporting the idea of removing the two words, but there even less supporting the idea of keeping them in.