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.
We are united by much more than religion. If that is all it took to make a country great, the countries of Allah would rule the earth. We are united, or used to be, by much, much more than just religion. What we have that makes this country so great crosses all religious barriers and should. It is a product of our belief in our own productiveness and what that can achieve that separates us from the rest of the world, not our belief in one spiritual power.
You know me, you know my children, you know they are being raised to believe in God. I will not ever expect that to be compulsory for other people's children, though. America is much more than a religious belief. To state otherwise is selling this nation far short of the recogition she and the people who brought her to this point truly deserve.