BP 2

"One nation under God"

There is a lot of controversy surrounding the Pledge of Allegiance on whether or not to take out "under God" completely from the pledge. People are arguing that religion and government should be two separate things and that it was how our country was suppose to based off of. While other people argue that "under God" isn't a religious saying that it a part of America's civic culture.

Facts: It was Eisenhower who added the phrase "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance on July 30th 1956 to become our nations motto. The phrase "one nation under God" was only added as a patriotic exercise and not a religious practice so it doesn't violate any law. People are also given the right to chose whether or not they want to stand, sit, or even say the pledge. The issue that many people who are not religious see is that whenever they say "One nation under God" they are agreeing that they believe in God and see it as religious affirmation and believe that it should be taken out since they don't believe in any type of God.

Definition:The main issue the in the "under God" controversy is that people who aren't religious are offended by it and feel like they are saying they believe in God when ever they recite the pledge. Non believers in God are also saying that if they refuse to say the pledge that it makes people view them as un-Americans since it's written in our pledge. 

Quality:This issue isn't a huge issue and shouldn't be an issue at all for that matter. The phrase isn't there to suggest that everyone who says the pledge is a Christian it's there to show what our country was built on. It's part of our history; our country was built on very religious values and it's there to only show our past.

Policy:There has already been several appeals filed on the "under God" phrase since it was added and was never in the original Pledge of Alligence written. I think the only thing there is for people to do it to just live with it or keep appealing it til something happens. In my personal opinion I don't see Congress or the Supreme Court or anyone in the government okaying the removal of "under God" but anything is possible.