... At least this was the case until the last couple years, anyway. Recently, the flag and its pledge have been a matter of public controversy — particularly the "one nation under God part." As you may remember, a while back a fellow by the name of Michael Newdow decided to challenge the pledge as a violation of the "separation of church and state." In 2002, the U.S. 9th District Court declared the pledge in its present "under God" form to be an unconstitutional endorsement of monotheism. The decision was not ...
... , and placing our hands over our hearts to pledge our allegiance to “one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Life seemed much simpler back then. I guess it was. I didn't know anybody who didn't believe in God. Unlike Michael Newdow out in California who last year tried to get the “God-word" out of the pledge, parents back then seemed pleased that President Eisenhower had put it in. “One nation under God, with liberty and justice for all." Maybe after all these years, it's ...
