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Of course an aethist can be an American, but they don't have the right to rewrite history and to take back the words of the Declaration of Independence.

I'm sorry, you and I must have had different educations. I missed the Pledge of Allegiance in the Declaration of Independence.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.-- "

Perhaps I am not communicating this properly, but in the Declaration of Independence it is written that we are endowed unalienable rights by our Creator. That Creator being God. We are a nation formed under God. " Under God" was added to the Pledge to distinguish ourselves from the 'godless' communists. This country is different from all others. We are powerful because we are united.

No one is forced to say " Under God" in the pledge. You are able to leave out the words, but to leave out the words for everyone is not, in my opinion, what makes us a great country.