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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Why? If you believe in God then it's not a problem and if you don't believe in God then it's just following the script, again not a problem.
I'm not breaking balls, just curious why this made you so uncomfortable? 
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Well you see, I do not believe in god and saying that I am swearing allegiance to a nation "under god" is in a sense swearing allegiance to god. Because well...the nation is 'under him'.
I have no problem with allegiance to the US, but for me god is out of the question.
Naturalization IS a big deal to me as is my position on the non existence of god. I felt that if I didn't say the pledge then I wasn't 'really' naturalized but then if I said it, I'd be saying something that I absolutely do not believe in. That made me very uncomfortable. In the end I just stood there while everybody else spoke the pledge.
It's like getting married without being able to say I do. It's just not the same.
Have you tried to get a marriage license? You know you have to put your hand on the bible to do that? Why? I don't believe in god. I'll tell you the truth with my hand up my ass rather than with it on the bible.