[Black Cat]

To me, it's a tempest in a soda can. They didn't cite the entire pledge, but rather just three words. And as Snopes noted in it's page on this subject, when a major newsmagazine had a picture of Bush on the cover and those same three words, no one complained. I think the same should be the case here. Often we hear complaints that patriotism is dead, but when an effort is made, and it gets this kind of reception, it only makes it much LESS likely that they'll take the chance again.

[RonDog]

To me, it's a tempest in a soda can. They didn't cite the entire pledge, but rather just three words. And as Snopes noted in it's page on this subject...

LOL! "Tempest in a soda can!" - VERY good!!!

Thanks also for the information about snopes.com: "Urban Legens Reference Pages"

Here is a PARTIAL quote from their http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/outrage/drpepper.htm:

Claim:   A new can design introduced by Dr Pepper includes the text of the Pledge of Allegiance with the words "under God" omitted.

Status:   Not quite.

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Time magazine's 24 September 2001 cover displayed the same words (without the ellipses) but drew no significant complaints:

Last updated:   9 February 2002

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Sources:

    Grunwald, Michael.   "Pledge Purist Seeks to Give Pause a Rest."

    The Boston Globe.   9 March 1998   (p. A3).

    Heard, Ken.   "Dr Pepper Under Fire; Girl Says It Left Out God."

    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.   9 February 2002.

    Associated Press.   "Students Upset Dr Pepper Edits God Out of Pledge."

    1 February 2002.

    The Columbus Dispatch.   "Under God' Reference Added to Pledge in '54."

    1 June 2000   (p. A8).

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.   "The Pledge."

    17 October 2001   (p. A14).