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I don't believe in God, so I don't think people should be forced to "Trust God". If it's optional, then I have no issue at all with the Pledge. Freedom of religion or the choice not to practice a religion is one of the great things about a secular society like ours.
I do have a question for all you supporters of this petition: What if the pledge used "In Allah We Trust"? How then would you feel? Would you want your little Christian or Jewish children to go to a school where that was the pledge? I would assume you don't have ANY problem with students who follow Allah to change the wording to fit their beliefs, correct? Or allow the followers of any of the thousands of religions of the world who attend U.S. schools to substitute whatever term they use to identify their religious leaders. Or are you just hypocrites???
Not everyone calls the higher being they believe in "God".
Of course the elephant in the room is religious bigotry. One religion is NOT superior to any other. Like I said, as long as the Pledge is optional, I have no issue. Otherwise, we start to cross the line and become a religious state like those in the Middle East so many love to hate.
There are good reasons for the separation of church and state.
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