For the record, while I believe in God, to this very day I leave out the
"under God" when I say the pledge. I was in high school when Eisenhower
pushed that through and I resented its insertion even then. At that time I
was much more active in my religion than I am now, but was I more concerned
with the First Amendment. I have seen what has happened to religious
minorities throughout history when the state had an "official religion".

Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.

Shelly