Moral Absolutes Ping.
I thought that the SCOTUS had taken care of it; apparently not. So it will get bumped up to the top again. What the SCOTUS says will no doubt in part be determined by what kind of judge Roberts is (if he's appointed, which I assume he will be), and whoever is the unknown.
Conservatives need to think more about atheists* - what drives them, what their goals are, the methods and tactics they use, what is their game plan.
I never read any of their stuff, I suppose they have websites and books and meetings and foundations and who knows what else. But obviously they have a plan to eradicate every single teeny tiny reference to God in every single sphere of life that can be remotely considered public.
Does anyone really think that that's what the First Amendment means?
Here it is for reference:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition to Government for a redress of grievances."
Do you see Congress establishing a state religion by schoolchildren reciting the pledge of allegiance because the name of God is mentioned?
I don't.
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Note: Keep in mind that appeasement has never, not once, stopped an evildoer from doing more evil. It only encourages them to prey upon weakness even more.
*I'm referring to the activist ones. There are harmless ones (relatively speaking) who actually appreciate the residual moral values originating in religious tradition, or are neutral and appreciate that believers in God have rights too. But the activist, radical avowed atheists are the really dangerous ones.
Wasn't it ruled that the 14th amendment applied the Bill of Rights to the states? Given that, you have state run schools requiring the pledge, which is probably a reason for the ruling.
I'm willing to bet that even if they removed "under God," the radical Leftists would object to students being required to pledge their allegiance to the republic.