I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
This sentence has been a part of the school system since the mid 1950's and only now has it come to the attention that there is something in those few simple words that can uproar such a controversy. "Under God-. To most of us these words have the same meaning that we heard of weekly in church. But to others, whose beliefs are that of an unreligious nature feel these words which their children are exposed to everyday in a public setting are of a biased nature and should be stricken from the pledge. .
In 1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower instated this into every public school system. With his own words he stated -from this day forward, the millions of our school children will daily proclaim, in every city and town, every village and rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our Nation and our people to the Almighty."" Has our world changed so drastically that these words in fact have become inappropriate? President Eisenhower proclaimed indirectly that the phrase "Under God- was an appropriate term at the time. The nation was mostly catholic and the majority rule was and unwritten rule. Although in 48 years a lot has changed. For instance the Everson vs. Board of Education case established the separation of church and state. How ever this was instated in 1947. Seven years before the Pledge was instituted in the classroom. So if the phrase "Under God- is unconstitutional then why was the Pledge even allowed in schools to begin with? .
Some would say that it is due to the fact that we were living in a different time then. In a time where segregation and racism was rampant and not going to church on Sunday was unheard of. Possibly the phrase "Under God- just rolled off the tongue, but now with same sex marriages, and People magazine stated that 90% of all marriages end in divorce that we are such a Politically Correct society that the word "God- burns a hole right through the constitution.