When they added the phrase “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, it struck a controversy. Which some people argued it violates their First Amendment. But the phrase reflects America’s civic culture and it isn’t necessarily a religious statement. Though, people has the right to say the Pledge omitting the phrase, thus not violating their freedom of religion.
During the 1950s the nation was in need of unity because the country’s state of terror of nuclear warfare between America and Russia, so the rewritten the pledge and the phrase “Under God” was added. Nevertheless, the phrase doesn't refer to a specific God no specific religion. The pledge is one of those traditional historic ceremonies that doesn’t make a problem because it’s