We all have the right to pledge allegiance to our country without at the same time making a specific religious statement. It is also unconscionable to ask any American to remain silent while another American promotes their beliefs with governmental authority.
This is as un-American as you can get.

The Pledge in use today, written by Francis Bellamy in 1892,  was modified by the U.S. congress in 1954 by adding the words “under God” and in effect turning it into an unconstitutional public prayer.  There are millions of Americans who believe in God but do not believe they are "under" God.  Some find God within their own hearts while others believe they are part of --not under-- a divine power or sacred universe. Still others do not believe in God at all. The religious beliefs of these Americans are violated by our government, in schools, in public meetings, or anywhere the Pledge is recited. Because of a desire to avoid 1st Amendment conflicts, many simply avoid reciting the Pledge. It was changed before and it can be changed back.

  Whether you consider yourself Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Native American, Buddhist, Hindu, Pagan, Atheist, Humanist, etc...., as Americans we all recognize that the strength of this country is based on its plurality of cultures and beliefs.  True patriotism is not shown by how often you wave the flag or say the Pledge, but by the respect you accord the primary pillar of our democracy, the Constitution of the United States.

We ask the U.S. Congress to pass a resolution restoring the Pledge of Allegiance to the wording as recited by all Americans during WWII.  A Pledge that can be recited by ALL Americans again, especially school children, and that will respect the First Amendment.

James Madison was a member of the six member joint Senate-House conference committee which drafted the wording of the First Amendment and presented it to Congress and the Senate for adoption. Both the House and the Senate adopted the wording of the First Amendment as proposed in 1789 by the six member joint Senate-House committee of the First Congress. Madison wrote: "Strongly guarded as is the separation between Religion and Government in the Constitution, the danger of encroachment by Ecclesiastical Bodies may be illustrated by precedents already furnished in their short history," James Madison, William and Mary Quarterly 3:555.

All Americans should demand that our government support the First Amendment by insisting on the separation between Religion & Government.