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bdickens wrote:The solution is for people who pretend to be offended by the words "under God" to just suck it up and drive on.

I'm not offended by the phrase at all, but I am offended by it (and the pledge itself) being held out as a test of loyalty.

On second thought, the real solution would be for the government to get itself out of the school business where it doesn't belong in the first place and then there wouldn't be any reason to be having this discussion.

I've been advocating that for years.

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The pledge survived just fine for 60+ years without the words "under God", which wasn't officially added until 1954 (it was unofficially added by some private groups starting in 1951).

Of course, if you want to "properly" say the pledge, I suppose you should use the Bellamy Salute, named for the pledge author, who was a socialist. You might want to add a click of the heels for effect: