Thanks for your excellent post.
As I read through the post here I am just amazed at the level of hysteria that abound in them. One would think that the court had ruled that all Christians should be thrown out of their homes and into the street. But then again I have learned from my time here on FR that Christians seem to really like to see themselves as being persecuted, and so I guess any excuse will do.
If I understand this ruling correctly, and I believe I do, the main point of contention here is the phrase "Under God". So if that is removed from the pledge any school in the district will be able to use it in their daily routine. I think it should also be noted that this decision is only binding on the locals which are under the jurisdiction of the court, not the whole country as it seem many of the posters here think.
I have always failed to understand why Christians think that the rest of the world is out to get them? What is it that they do not grasp about people not wanting their Christian belief system shoved down their throat? Much the same as the colonist did not what British taxes shoved down theirs.
Curious character quirk indeed.