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[quote=Anonymous]I, too, recited it every day as a kid but I don't any more.  I just stand quietly while everyone else does.  My kids haven't asked about it but we'll talk about it when they do.  Now that I have critical thinking skills, I don't believe in saying it.  I'm not pledging allegience to a FLAG.  I have no problem with the oath of office I take as a federal employee (see below).  I think the pledge of allegiance is lame and do not believe this is a nation "under God".  But, I have no problem saying "So help me God" in the oath of office because that is a personal belief.  I do not believe God had anything to do with the founding of our government any more than She did with the founding/disintegration of any other government.

[i]I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.[/i][/quote]

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