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These people will not be happy until GOD is taken totally out of anything government.
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I have to disagree. What is happening is that other religions are NOT being given the same voice as Christianity- Christians refuse to share the spotlight. People of other religious faiths are left hearing the, "the U.S. is a Christian nation if you don't like it move to another country" speech.
If they can't share then they need to lose their rights as well. They can't have it both ways. I NEVER had a problem with the pledge until post 9/11 when the school began forcing it and telling my kids they were bad for NOT saying it. My kids were and still are the ONLY kids in the school that know the history of the pledge and why it is said. The school just forces the kids to say it with no background info or history lesson.
If Christian people gave equal time and rights to other religious paths I would have no issues with the pledge, Ten Commandments or "in God we trust"; let’s see if the school will post the Asatru Nine Noble Virtues or the Wiccan Rede next to the Ten Commandments…
Many Christians believe they are the "chosen" and vehemently fight ANY religious diversity because theirs is the one true path and the U.S. government recognizes Christianity as the official religion (with the U.S. motto on money and with the pledge). Most don’t even know our original motto was E. Pluribus Unum: Out of many, one.
I have met only TWO true Christians who allowed all paths were valid and had no prejudices against other religions. I follow their example and hold no prejudice against any other religion. I just want the equality promised to me in the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and the Bill of Rights.