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I agree with Dark_5.0. I was too much of a wuss to chime in before this for fear of being bashed. Taking out the under god isn't forcing athiest viewpoint on people, if they replced it with under no god it would be the athiest viewpoint. By taking out under god it is simply taking away any religous bias out schools.

I myself was raised without any religion, I wouldn't say I am an athiest, but I am not religious either. I was always curious why that phrase was in the pledge of alegiance when I was a kid. In many of my classed each student had to lead the pledge of allegiance each day and it would be very hard to say I can't say this because of what i believe. It's hard enough fitting in as a kid without having to go against almost all of your classmates beliefs and not say the pledge of allegiance because it says under god.

By not having under god in the pledge of allegiance, I don't see how it harms anyone. Everyone is free to recite it however they want outside of school. But I do see how having that phrase in the pledge of allegaince can harm some children who care who care not to recite the phrase under god.