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Philologos
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25 Jul 2011, 12:00 pm

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Not everybody in the US now believes in the same religion.

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Woo hoo. Please check the religious situation in 1780 [year chosen at random]

Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Mennonites, Presbyterians, Quakers, Moravians - flavors of Christianity not all of whom considered themselves the "same" religion - and Cathlics and Protestants still differ on the Lord's Prayer.

Shakers whose status as Nicene Christians is at least questionable.

Jews.

Were there any Muslims by 1790? I do not know.

Quite a few aborigines by no means all of whom had taken on Christianity and who were definitely IN the US.

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This is not counting the atheists



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25 Jul 2011, 12:32 pm

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25 Jul 2011, 12:47 pm

I am against the recitation of the Pledge in public schools, with or without the "under God" bit.
I don't feel that children should be required to ally themselves with a nation, particularly small children who don't even fully understand what a nation IS.
Also, some children are multi-national. Will the class display the other flags and allow those children to recite other pledges? I don't think so.