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I notice a lot of people here are saying this is a lot of hooplah about nothing and that they don't care. Well I just wanted to say that it isn't just one attention-starved Californian who did this. I cared very much about the outcome of this case, and the fact that the "under God" clause was in the pledge did make me feel uncomfortable when I was in school. Just because you don't think it is a big deal doesn't mean you can write it off that it isn't important to anyone else either. Obviously kids don't have to say "under God", but be realistic, that's making that person feel singled out because they have to do something different. Believe it or not, that phrase does imply certain things about America and it can make someone with different beliefs, like an atheist, feel very isolated or detached. That, contrary to the belief of some of you here, matters very much.
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