It's your right to say it without using under God, but it is my right to say under God. Get it now??
I agree with that and said that I and most people I know skip the "under God" part already....and if you continue to read the first couple of pages, I was called UnAmerican for doing so.......by another so-called grown up. Can you imagine the pressure kids are under at school to conform?
You bet I put incredible pressure on my kids to conform to the tradition, to exercise respect and good manners, and to understand the underlying concepts of the Pledge itself as well as the other basics of history. I have never put pressure on them as to what they had to think or believe about anything.
Personally, I think those who deny their children an opportunity to learn about spiritual things, matters of faith, and what part those played in creating the greatest nation the world has ever known, do them a great disservice.
But that's just me.
True, I think non religious meditation should be taught in school.