[jwalsh07]

Here I thought we were discussing Governmental endorsement of a narrow religious set, as on Government buildings, on federal currency, and as shoved into the Pledge by Congress in 1954.

Well let's start with the Pledge. Since 1948, the coerced recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance has been Constitutionally forbidden.

Therefore, any recitation of the Pledge is voluntary.

Do you support the Ninth Circuits recent ruling, since withdrawn, ordering public schools to cease and desist from the recitation of the Pledge with the words "under God" included?

[DrMartinVonNostrand]

Do you support the Ninth Circuits recent ruling, since withdrawn, ordering public schools to cease and desist from the recitation of the Pledge with the words "under God" included?

Not entirely, but pretty much, yes.
I think that goes about it the wrong way. I'm glad to see the case is being kept alive, and with any luck will reach the Supreme Court. What I would like to see done is that this is handled correctly and the Supreme Court strikes down the law that Congress passed in the 1950s that first introduced the words "under God" into the Pledge, thus restoring it to the proper Historical Pledge.

Surely a return to the Historical text is something any good conservative could support, no?