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I'm a Christian.
However;
Personally, I'm very much in favor of the seperation of church and state. Though very patriotic, I don't want the government getting involved with or in any religion. I'm very glad the establishment clause is there. There are not only political reasons for this, but Biblical reasons as well. See Romans 13, for example, or the famous phrase, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s" spoken by none other than Jesus Christ himself.
However;
If I were on the Supreme Court, I'd vote to remand the case back to the 9th Cir. Court of Appeals, and tell them that the pledge of allegience is not a violation of the establishment clause, both because of prior court precedent and because of the original framers of the Constitution and Bill of Rights intent.

I'm not running for office, even though that sounds like a classic fence straddling politician answer. I've given considerable thought to it, and that's my conclusion.

(edit: oh, yeah, I wonder if any news stories on this will talk about how in the Supreme Court building, above the justices, is a big picture of Moses and the ten Commandments?)