It peeves me when I see that people are fighting to remove God from the pledge of allegiance. I am not religious, but I feel strongly about the history of this country. The forefathers did not use God's name with the intention to change everyone over to Christianity, but simply as a natural phrase of their faith. To remove it from original speeches and documents would be removing a key part of the founding fathers and our country's history.
Where would our country be if the Pilgrims had not believed in God? Would we ever have created a Constitution if our forefathers did not believe in God? A belief in God is found throughout our American History. It is disrespectful, near un-American if we remove God from those historical things that have been around since the birth of our country. As a citizen, or inhabitant of this country, one should just realize that God was an integral part of the developing history of this country and therefore is part of the reason why you are able to live here in the first place! If it hadn't been for a believe in God and religion, this country would not have been founded with the principles of freedom of speech and religion.
Be thankful that our founding fathers and many of our historical leaders held such a belief so strongly that they felt it was worth fighting for and protecting. This very attitude is what allows all these hypocrites to voice their opinions in public and to practice what they believe in..and yet they want to change it. Such alterations are not for the better, all they do is give a certain sanction of people within society a false sense of accomplishment and happiness. When in reality they should already be happy because living in America we all have the same freedom to be happy the way we want to be..provided it doesn't entail harming another person.
Living in America, what is often called the "the melting pot" you have to come to terms with the fact that you live in a country that is chock full of different people/societies. What do you really expect is going to happen when you take millions of people with varying beliefs and perspectives and put them in one space? Do you really think that it is humanly possible to keep everyone from NOT offending any other person in any way? I think not. Therefore one must UNDERSTAND that this is going to happen and come to terms with it. You can try to make changes and alterations everytime someone gets offended, but you are likely then, to offend someone else. And the cycle will continue on and on.
It is like the fable of the man, his son and their donkey. Look it up. It's moral is that you can't please everyone. And this is sooo true. There billions, (Billions!) of people living on this one single planet. How can you please each and every single one of those people?
I think that the most outspoken people fighting for the removal of God from historical speeches such as the pledge are closed minded, tunnel visioned, people who cannot see the true light and beauty of being able to be a part of this country. Perhaps they are de-sensitized to the true meaning of the United States of America and the open-door policy. You have the right to choose NOT to say God when reciting the speeches, however, I believe that no matter what your religion may be, it should not offend your god(s) if you recite the speech with the inclusion of "God" because just saying it does not make you a believer or follower of that religion. It just makes you an American for wanting to know the history of our country.
PS. I am not a natural born citizen. I was adopted from another country and received my citizenship after living here for over 7 years. I was well-educated and yes, brought up in a Christian household, but even if I were not Christian, I still believe the word God should remain steadfast in our American History and it's original speeches.
