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... Jane Ramos
English 101
October 20, 2003
One Nation Under God
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
The Pledge of Allegiance, written by Francis Bellamy in 1892, was first introduced to give recognition to “the republic for which it stands” and for “the One Nation which the Civil War was fought to prove” (Baer, 1992). It was not until 1954 that Congress added the words, ‘Under God’, to the pledge; however, it was not until Under God was added that all of the controversy with the pledge had begun. ... Secondly, if a student has a different religious standpoint and is not at will to say Under God, he/she should not have to say it since the reference to God violates the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, which requires a separation of church and state (abcnews. ... Just recently in the news there was a court case that involved an atheist man’s daughter in which he claims rights were violated due to a teacher’s compelling attitude to “watch and listen as [his daughter’s] state-employed teacher in her state-run school lead her classmates in a ritual proclaiming that there is a God, that our’s is One Nation Under God” (abcnews. ... For one, the case can be looked at traditionally, and with all the evidence can be considered unconstitutional. However the pledge and the statement ‘Under God’ has been with us for a long time now and is very much a part of
our culture and is a good reason for the courts to rule that it is not unconstitutional in a way as well.
Approximate Word count = 1370
Approximate Pages = 5.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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