[Hard_Pill_To_Swallow]

The Pledge of Allegiance is our sacred oath of citizenship. You do not have to believe in God to be a U.S. citizen. If an atheist makes this oath to a "nation under God", he is not making a true statement of belief. As long as atheists are allowed to be citizens of this country, they should not be required, in stating the official Pledge authorized by our government, to perjure themselves. The 9th Circuit decision does not make the Pledge itself unconstitutional. It simply reverts the Pledge back to the pre-1954 version, without those additional words.

We can speculate all we want and if any of these imagined injustices we have described come to pass, those grievances will be redressed by our judicial system, another right guaranteed by the Constitution. I think we should try not to confuse the issue with too much speculation.

[homeschool mama]

I didn't think I was speculating. I was offering the mother's side of the story, which includes the daughter.

No one is forced to say the pledge.