Posted by jurassiraptor at 12-218-170-102.client.mchsi.com on July 01, 2002 at 13:37:38:
In Reply to: Re: The Pledge posted by JaxTJ on July 01, 2002 at 13:35:26:
: I'm also Catholic, (baptised Luthern, converted as a teen) and I think that the judge should have stood by his original declaration. I wouldn't say that we are a godless society, but the words were clearly added to appease a Red Scare-driven agenda which had no roots in rationality.
: When the Pledge was amended in US Code to include the words 'under God' it violated the first amendment barring the government from endorsing religion.