Godless Ranting

The following is copied from a reply I made on a facebook page about removing the phrase "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. A person argued that removing the phrase Under God is unfair to religious people, and if you are atheist you should just not say it. They also asked if we would stop using money because of "in god we trust," and we should forget this and move on to bigger fights such as starving homeless children. I sort of felt bad about the rant at the end but I didn't want to change anything, so I attempted a bit of humor there.

Whhaat? I'm sorry, but it doesn't matter if religious people think taking out "under God" is unfair. Having it in there is unfair to those who don't believe. Plus there is a separation of church and state, and this violates it. The government is not supposed to support or endorse any religion, and Under God very obviously does. Plus, so many people seem to forget that the pledge originally DIDN'T HAVE the phrase in it, it was added in later. What about the atheists of that time? Was that fair to them? I bet many felt ostracized and distanced from everyone else. We need to feel a sense of brotherhood through our being AMERICAN, leaving religion out of it. Any mention of God distances the atheist citizens from that fraternity. How about we return it to it's original and constitutionally compatible form?

As for the money issue, it's not practical or even possible to function in society without using it, but we can protest the "in god we trust" being on it, because it's another blatant support of a religion. On our money, representing America, it professes "In God We Trust," which just isn't true. Some citizens may, but the country and government itself should not.

Starving homeless children may be an important issue, but so is defending and enforcing the framework of our country and what allows us to help anyone at all.*

*All said while someone plays Battle Hymn of the Republic on a kazoo, in front of an American flag. lol