Those of you who have seen old movies know that "under God" was not originally in the Pledge of Alligiance. That phrase was added by Congress in the 1950's. This is a petition, not to remove "under God", but to let each person replace it. A Muslim would be able to say "one nation under Allah," a Hindu "under Krishna," and an atheist could say whatever they see fit. Isn't that what America is supposed to be, a melting pot of cultures?
Those of you who have seen old movies know that "under God" was not originally in the Pledge of Alligiance. That phrase was added by Congress in the 1950's. This is a petition, not to remove "under God", but to let each person replace it. A Muslim would be able to say "one nation under Allah," a Hindu "under Krishna," and an atheist could say whatever they see fit. Isn't that what America is supposed to be, a melting pot of cultures?
4:59 am PDT, Aug 12,Emily Sutton, California
People should be able to express their beliefs however they want. Forcing someone to say something that they don't want to is plain wrong. Didn't we learn this stuff back in kindergarten? That forcing people to do something is wrong?
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4:19 pm PDT, Aug 11,Malea Cooper, Indiana
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2:48 pm PDT, Jul 5,Haley D'Amico, California
I agree with this petitition, I am a Wiccan and I do believe in god, but why should I have to declare it to my whole homeroom? I from now on am going to say ' One nation under God/Goddess'
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10:56 pm PDT, Jun 22,Lorin Martin, Kentucky
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12:47 pm PDT, Jun 7,Name not displayed, Finland
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11:38 am PDT, Mar 19,Amy Rea, Texas
# 48:
1:59 am PDT, Mar 18,Angelica Blevins, Kansas
# 47:
10:50 pm PST, Jan 13,Sonia Braz, Portugal
# 46:
7:14 am PST, Nov 8,Name not displayed, Germany
You people really have BIG problems!!!!!
# 45:
10:47 am PDT, Oct 31,Lea Caldwell, Michigan
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8:05 pm PDT, Oct 22,Cyndi Walker, Michigan
# 43:
10:26 am PDT, Oct 18,Brittany Finch, New York
# 42:
10:15 am PDT, Oct 18,Renee Moore, Alabama
I always say under "DOG". Not out of disrespect, I am an Atheist and I love animals. I get confort from my pets and dog just works for me.
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11:30 pm PDT, Oct 16,Pam Boland, Georgia
# 40:
1:53 pm PDT, Oct 16,Amy Secrest, Pennsylvania
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12:43 pm PDT, Oct 14,Jennifer Bryant, Missouri
"Under God" should not be in the Pledge. If you are of a religious faith, you carry that in your heart all day long anyway. The United States of America is not a theological society and our pledge that all citizens say must represent our nation and not one faith or another. "Under God" was added in the 1950s by a man thinking it represented the American Dream and the ideas of Abraham Lincoln. He thought it made it more specific to the United States. We do not need "under God" to be said. The Pledge is meant for all American citizens to come together to show our allegiance to our nation. ALL Americans. That means people of all walks of life, all religions, those who do not follow a religion, men, women, all races, and so on. Every human being. That is what matters. A religious person carries their faith with them no matter what and taking "under God" out of the Pledge does not take that away from them. It is not necessary for everyone to say whatever suits them because we are showing our unity with the United States of America. That is the only part you have to say. Everything else is part of your own personal journey.
# 38:
4:10 am PDT, Oct 11,Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
# 37:
7:16 pm PDT, Sep 12,Michael Walters, Denmark
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3:56 pm PDT, Sep 7,Atara Chava, Kentucky
# 35:
8:09 pm PDT, Aug 30,Alice Olivo, Italy
# 34:
8:58 am PDT, Aug 28,Vanessa Fry, Michigan
United we stand no matter what God or Gods we believe in.....
# 33:
9:18 am PDT, Aug 23,Tamarah Swensen, Netherlands
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5:04 am PDT, Aug 23,Amber Cox, Virginia
# 31:
4:08 am PDT, Aug 22,LuCy J Boogaard, Netherlands
# 30:
1:59 am PDT, Aug 22,Heather White, Ohio
# 29:
9:51 pm PDT, Aug 21,Jennifer Streeter, Arizona
# 28:
10:48 am PDT, Aug 21,Name not displayed, Greece
# 27:
11:05 pm PDT, Aug 18,Stephen Ford, Nebraska
# 26:
12:38 am PDT, Aug 18,Natascha Schmidt, Germany
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1:48 pm PDT, Aug 16,Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 24:
2:16 pm PDT, Aug 15,Emerald Barkley, California
# 23:
6:50 am PDT, Aug 14,Roxane Connor, Virginia
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8:42 am PDT, Jul 28,Austin Kendall, Florida
# 21:
8:32 pm PDT, Jun 17,Aleasha Casaretto, Texas
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7:37 pm PDT, Jun 14,Frances M. Amaya, Texas
Who is the federal government to tell us we must say "under g-d"? Whose god did they mean when they added that phrase in the 50's? I should be able to say "under the Pantheon of Pantheons" if I choose to say the pledge at all. For that matter, shouldn't I, and everyone else, be able to invoke whichever deity/power/being is of our choosing when we swear to tell the truth so help me __ in a court of law?
And to those of you who like the phrase "under G-d" and state that we all have G-d in our hearts, I have two questions: 1) Whose g-d do you mean? 2) Why are you signing this petition? Signing a petition means you support it!!
# 19:
2:31 pm PDT, Jun 5,Krystina Stark, Arkansas
# 18:
3:55 am PDT, May 30,Emma Norton, United Kingdom
# 17:
2:08 am PDT, May 29,Thomas Jones, New York
# 16:
1:54 am PDT, May 26,Katie Anderson, Minnesota
# 15:
6:27 pm PDT, May 24,Laurel Burns, Maine
# 14:
3:44 pm PDT, May 24,Jamie Franklin, Tennessee
# 13:
10:23 am PDT, May 24,Kayleen Gubrud, Minnesota
# 12:
11:48 am PDT, May 23,Darlene Waters, New York
# 11:
8:58 am PDT, May 23,Carla Meyer, Illinois
All of us are "under God" no-matter what religion one happens to be. One
doesn't have to say it if one doesn't want to, so why the question. We all
have God in our heart, no-matter what name it happens to be.
# 10:
5:55 am PDT, May 23,David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania
# 8:
2:41 am PDT, May 23,Steve Klein, Canada
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9:41 am PDT, May 22,Thomas Pirovano, Switzerland
# 6:
5:33 am PDT, May 22,Jason Turgeon, Maine
This idea is of good intention. As a faithful Roman Catholic Christian, I support the change.
# 5:
8:51 pm PDT, May 21,Name not displayed, New York
# 4:
8:37 pm PDT, May 21,Emma LaRiccia, Ohio
What a a great idea!!! I usually don't say "under God", but I shall say "under God/dess" from now on.
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8:34 pm PDT, May 21,Name not displayed, United States Minor Outlying Islands
