Analysis of The Pledge Debate

Title: Analysis of The Pledge Debate
Category: Society & Culture / Religion
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Analysis of The Pledge Debate

"One nation under God." That phrase isn't part of the Constitution, and may not be constitutional in the Pledge of Allegiance, but many Americans have made it clear those four words embody their feelings toward the nation — no matter what the courts say. In this post-Sept. 11 year, when people from coast to coast have prayed together at innumerable memorial events and have sung "God Bless America" in classrooms and baseball stadiums, this summer's federal court …showed first 75 words of 819 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 819 total…Texas School of Law thinks the private religious preferences of Americans should be protected. On that basis he defended both June rulings — for vouchers and against "under God." The Constitution is "about protecting both believers and nonbelievers, and all kinds of both, and enabling us to live together in relative peace," he said. But Laycock adds that rulings that go against public sentiment such as the pledge ban risk weakening citizens' faith in the courts.

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