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The argument of "They were talking about any God, not just the Judeo-Christian God" is fairly persuasive. If that were so then I would be alright with the pledge as it stands, despite being an atheist.
But I really don't think it is that way. If asked 99% of Americans are going to say "yes, that's one nation under a white haired guy in the clouds." (alright, they won't say that, but you get the idea.) I think there would be a tremendous uproar if anyone proposed saying "One nation, under Allah" or "One nation, under Buddah" or Shiva, or Thor or Hera or Ra or any of the thousands of other gods one might worship.
To me this means that the Christian majority is imposing it's religious preference on govt. procedings and that's disallowed by the constitution.
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