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Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
The words "under God" were added by act of Congress in 1954.
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...and signed into law by President Eisenhower, if memory serves. All of us very young kids at the time had to learn to say it differently.
Not being a lawyer, I can't help but wonder if there isn't a First Amendment issue in a governmental organization (a school system which is ordered by a court) not allowing someone who wants to say the pledge his/her right to say it. On the other hand, I've long wondered about the words "under God" being mandated by Congress not breaching the doctrine of separation of Church and State.
Although it seems rather simplistic to say, "If they don't want to say it, don't make them, but let the rest recite the pledge." Problem is that those who choose not to say the entire verbage -- or even the two words -- would undoubtedly be ostricized by the rest of the class, parents, etc.
This is a tough one.