[Dimensio]

You forget. For some people (a lot of people, judging from the reaction) not mentioning god is exactly the same as outright stating "there is no god". As such, by removing "under god" from the pledge it instantly implies that the pledge is declaring that there exist no gods at all.

I don't understand that logic, but there it is.

[lepton]

I don't understand that logic, but there it is.

A ^= B does not mean that ^A = B.

[E Rocc]

You forget. For some people (a lot of people, judging from the reaction) not mentioning god is exactly the same as outright stating "there is no god". As such, by removing "under god" from the pledge it instantly implies that the pledge is declaring that there exist no gods at all.

I don't understand that logic, but there it is.

You may be right about the logic, I don't understand it either. God is not mentioned in the Constitution either (except as part of a dating convention). I suppose by their logic it is an atheistic document.

-Eric