BUT there is SUPPOSED to be seperation of church and state
No there is not period, the government will not mandate an official religion period, god as used is generic.
Find where this is written in our constitution or bill of rights, I believe I pasted it in one of my posts, hell read the federalist papers and see how much has really changed and if you want to see how radical it could have been. Do the research. It may have been an add-in but it was done by the laws that govern us. Lets not forget we in part exist because our fore fathers wanted to get away from religious persecution, and no matter how you feel it all comes down to the majority rules.
saying that there is no real seperation of church and state a reasonable excuse to demand that everybody pray in school or force athiests or jews to claim something that they don't believe in or to force it on money? Because YOU believe in it? HOW SELFISH! That's like forcing a non-smoker to sit in the smoking section of a crowded resturant because YOU deem it the right and correct thing!!
No one tells anyone to pray in schools they take a moment of silence for reflection, no one forces anyone to believe in anything, You are the selfish one that you would deny someone who wants to pray in school to pray, you can't be still or quiet for a moment to reflect on something important to you, so everyone can't, so 1 person out of 30 doesn't want to say the pledge, thats fine they can stand in silence and contemplate while the other 29 say the pledge and you call me selfish because I allow the 29 to say the pledge, I don't think you even know what the word means. Be glad you can even voice your opinion about your own government, others don't have that right.