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Originally posted by meepa
...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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Just as you have a right to your opinion, so do the rest of us.
You are free not to say the last two words and are free not to say any of the pledge at all. How many times has the pledge been said with every single person doing and saying the exact same things? In every instance that I've been in there is a gamut of activity and speech going on during the pledge from people being on different verses to people joking and smacking each other. I doubt many people take note of anyone not saying the last two words.
I guess I'd fall into the camp of people who are sick and tired of hearing about how such and such "forces me to feel singled out" or "different". Fine. Gym class makes some people feel "singled out" and "different" should that be banned as well?
In the grand scheme of things, wars, slavery, torture, terrorism, murder, etc,etc,etc I'd have to say it really doesn't matter very much. But hey, that's what's great about our country, I can have a different opinion.