Atheist Plans New Lawsuit Over Phrase 'Under God'

[Chewbaccus]

My experience was in the same vein as Kit and marichiko's - come middle school, I was just standing with my hands in my pockets in the morning most of the time, and by high school, I wasn't even doing that much. But I still remember the one or two kids I knew that didn't do the Pledge in grade school and got various punishments depending on the level of their disobediance. To be fair, they were almost certainly acting out of a "I hate teacher" attitude than a more nobler motive, but the fact remains.

Given what caused "under God" to be added to the Pledge in the first place, I would prefer it to be removed. I personally prefer to show respect to God in ways not born of geopolitical spite.

And wolf, does that school you attended still do this? I'm just saying, if I ever have kids and the program still exists at that time, that sounds like a really good place in which to enroll them.