[pollywog]

Sorry, I am old enough that I know it both ways, and I TOTALLY DISAGREE with you. We are ONE NATION...under God. Our currency displays, " in GOD we TRUST".....ya want that changed too???

[Servant of the Nine]

Our currency displays, " in GOD we TRUST".....ya want that changed too???

Yes, not because it violates the First Amendment, I don't think it does, any more than the pledge does, but because it's tacky and divisive.

Neither has any positive value whatsoever.
Do you really think it makes anyone more devout because it's in the pledge or on the money?

Both have profound negative consequences in seperating the Godly from the Godless when both are conservative and agree on other isues.

They are crude 1950's era propaganda. They are laughable. They are as preposterous as all the Soviet statues of Lenin or Mao were.
I want them both removed on the grounds of bad taste.

So9

[LiberalBuster]

>>Sorry, I am old enough that I know it both ways, and I
>>TOTALLY DISAGREE with you. We are ONE NATION...under
>>God. Our currency displays, " in GOD we TRUST".....ya
>>want that changed too???

Then you're old enough to know that "In God We Trust" was not added to our treasury notes until the Red Scare of the 1950s -- i.e. the same time the pledge was modified.

[MamaB]

Very well said!! I can remember starting every day with the pledge, a devotion and prayer. Then every 6 weeks, we had an assembly of all the grades in the auditorium which was usually led by a Church of Christ minister. I have never been a member of that branch of Christianity but we all appreciated what he did. He was teaching by example that there was a power greater than us who we should thank every day for this country. We also did song rounds or whatever you call them at these assemblies. We never had any of the trouble that kids get into today. I really appreciate my upbringing. That was just the way things were done back then and believe me, not one person complained about saying the pledge, saluting the flag or having the devotion every day.