Wednesday, February 20, 2008

State vs. Church, again, and again, and again...

You know, after reading up on how and when God was included in the Pledge of Allegiance. This was originally authored by a Christian Socialist author and Baptist minister Francis Bellamy on September 7, 1892 and was meant to be simply: "I Pledge allegiance to my Flag, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for all." But then the group called Knights of Columbus, based out of New York felt the need to add a sense of deity, hence the words, "under God." Then there's the the line "In God we trust" on our currency. So much for holding up the Separation of Church from State.

A nobody-atheist in CA is in the progress of filing a lawsuit because of his daughter being forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and since "In God we Trust" is all over our money, he feels his rights have been violated. I've got the perfect solution. USE MONOPOLY MONEY! The government has kept things a certain way to follow tradition, etcetera, etcetera, blah blah blah. So why in the hell are people feeling the need NOW to make a big deal about this crap? Are they that needy for attention? Hell, just don't recite the damn thing and don't use money! It's as simple as that!

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