Problem with the Pledge
The Pledge of Allegiance is spoken daily in many schools throughout the United States. During the last several years this fact has become a source of contempt for many parents, who do not promote a particular religious belief in their homes. Reciting wording specific to a particular set of religious beliefs has recently caused some problems concerning constitutional validity, the ideals of our founding fathers, and even the basic reasons for the pledge to exist, however there is a simple solution, that could satisfy all Americans, whether they question the wording "under God," or not.The words first known as the pledge of allegiance are now simply a base for the current pledge. This base was first published in honor of the 400th anniversary of Columbus Day. In the fall of 1892 children began to recite the unperfected version of the recitation that is now familiar to all Americans. There was no mention of God; in fact God was not mentioned through several revisions. After fifteen failed attempts by Congress to change the wording, during the Cold War Dwight Eisenhower attended a sermon given by Reverend George Docherty. Reverend Docherty belittled the Pledge of that time saying "it could be the pledge of any republic" ().
This will settle the question of Constitutionality regarding the pledge. The Founding Fathers would be pleased with the compromise of such action, and the history and ideology of these words would be kept intact for future generations. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the God phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance breaches the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. One of the most well known presidents, and founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson said, "God must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blind faith" (), and "Religion lies solely between man and his God. Senate ratified the Treaty of Tripoli which stated in Article XI that "the government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion. The underlying currents of anti-communism and anti-atheistic were present during the speech when President Eisenhower said that "We shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country's most powerful resource in peace and war" (). Justice O'Connor justified her decision by saying that "the Pledge is a permissible form of ceremonial deism, because it avoids reference to any particular religion, and is not worship or prayer" (). Supreme Court's recent decision in the case Elk Grove v.
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