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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Snay: [QB] Tom, some people (mostly either on the right of the political spectrum or Christian fundementalists of various degrees) equate the words "under God" with being a patriotic American. On another board I post on (a board for LEOs and those interested in the profession - BTW, Charles, they use UBB and it consistently logs people out randomly -- any ideas?), the debate on this has been very heated. You've got a lot of right wing voice on that board, and you've also got a lot of left wing voice (much more left-wing voice then I'd've thought). Some people make rational debate about it, some don't. Quite a few make it about stuff it isn't -- it's an "attack" on the Pledge, or "the US is a Christian nation, if you don't like it go home you dirty rag-head!" One guy even claimed that all three judges were "anti-American communist homosexuals" (but when I asked why Nixon or Bush would appoint a 'anti-American communist homosexual' he never replied ...). To sum it up, some people just can't be patriotic without (apparently) God. Most of the pro- "under God" (and, actually, many left-wingers were in support of the words, and quite a few right-wingers supported the decision) crowd had the "well, no one forces you to say the Pledge" attitude. When asked why athiests, agnostics, Muslims, Budhists, or non-Christians couldn't just say the Pledge minus the "under God" bit (and allow Christians to insert it if they so chose), the attitude was almost always a resounding: "tough!" I've rambled. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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