Bravo to you for your editorial,
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Take God Out of the Pledge.
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I agree it needs to be removed. There are many reasons for this,
but one is that if we are going to have a pledge at all, it should
at least reflect those same principals, which are the basis of our
republic. These principals as expressed in the supreme law of the
land, the Constitution, are in fact Godless. As far as the founders
were concerned, that is exactly the way they intended it to be.
Editor,
Bravo to you for your editorial, “Take God Out of the Pledge.” I agree it needs to be removed. There are many reasons for this, but one is that if we are going to have a pledge at all, it should at least reflect those same principals, which are the basis of our republic. These principals as expressed in the supreme law of the land, the Constitution, are in fact Godless. As far as the founders were concerned, that is exactly the way they intended it to be.
The word God is found nowhere in our Constitution, and as if to emphasize the founders’ intent, Article VI section III specifically prohibits any religious test for those holding any public trust or office. The intention of the founders cannot be clearer. Our laws demand that everyone be treated equally regardless if they are black, brown, white, Christian, Jew, atheist, or what have you. Just as people of color must have equal standing with people not of color, so must atheists have equal standing with people of religion.
Finally, even among those who believe in a given religion, there must never be allowed governmental preference. Under God in a pledge, which rightly belongs to every citizen, is not only divisive, it allows preferential treatment to some at the expense of others. This in not “liberty and justice for all.”
Luis J. Orozco, II
