I posted this to someone else’s Journal but thought it was something I’d like to see here in my own journal. This is my thoughts concerning this Pledge of Alligence thing. I can remember being in Kindergarten and leading the class in the Pledge. I was something I can only remember doing with pride. Learning the importance of patriotism is part of good citizenship. Without it we truely will have anarchy. But being a good Citizen and Patriot sometimes mean that we will defend and protect the rights of others, even if we don’t agree with it.sAmericans have been divided on many topics, Racial Integration, Alcohol Consumption, Women’s rights, Voting rights of 18 year olds, and many many more things. sI don’t see the Supreme Court Upholding this verdict, yet in someways I wonder why they wouldn’t. As you read below, think of yourself as the people who fled Europe to escape persecution.sHere’s some objective opinions on both sides of the issue. The people who came to this country some 350 years ago (James Town 1600’s) and then those colonists of the 1700’s were looking to escape religious persecution. They were the minority in a world that regarded themselves as being out of touch with the given truths. The irony is that we may be “Persecuting” Atheists for not believing in G-D. This should be abhorrent to anyone who can see the analogy. Yet, Our Declaration of Independence and other critical works of the founding fathers definately acknowledge a Creator/Supreme Being. Historical revisionism is not a correct was to solve this problem. The declaration of Independence states: “All men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” or something close to that. Removing G-D from our society does tear at the fabric that it is based on. While I don’t think that it was founded on any one specific religious ideology, see B. Franklin or T. Jefferson, I do think that there was still an air of spirituality that has been undeniable for the entire time that we have been a nation.s-SailorJ