It is perfectly reasonable to expect loyal citizenship out of people who don't think there is a 'god'. Under the Constitution, the law cannot mandate that someone either except or deny the existance of a god. The Pledge of Allegiance" is lame. I've been an officer in the US military. My oath was to "protect the Constitution and the Nation from all enemies, foriegn and domestic". Allegiance to a 'flag', a piece of cloth, is absurd.
I say, dump the 'pledge' and replace it with something more substantial.
You say "WAS". It sounds like you currently feel no responsibility to protect the Constitution and the Nation from all enemies. What say you now?