Pledge Of Allegiance
In 1954, President Eisenhower and Congress added the phrase “under God” into the Pledge of Allegiance. It has remained in our nation’s pledge for sixty-two years. However, some of our nation’s population believes that the words “under God” are a religious phrase and therefore violate the establishment clause of the first amendment. They think that “under God” is offensive and too straightforward and do not realize the history behind it. I strongly believe that the words “under God” should be kept in the Pledge of Allegiance. The first reason why “under God” needs to be a part of the Pledge of Allegiance is because it symbolizes the sacrifices the first settlers made to enjoy religious freedom. They left the only life they knew to sail to uncharted territory to worship God without persecution. Some of these settlers were Puritans and pilgrims from England. To state “under God” as one
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Although it does sound similar to a prayer, when you focus on the wording of the Pledge of Allegiance, we are only vowing to stay true to the republic. The words “under God” are just stating how our government was established, through the hard work of our founding fathers. These founding fathers believed that this freedom comes from God, not the state. Taking out that principle would change the very basis for freedom that we take for granted. In closing, I do not believe that it matters how long “under God” has been in our Pledge. I think that it plays such a big important role in our nation and taking out this phrase would result in the shift of our country. I think without the phrase “under God” people would forget to thank our founding fathers for all their hard work and dedication. We as a nation need to show our gratitude and let history live in the present. I know for a fact that “under God” should be kept in our Pledge of
Although it does sound similar to a prayer, when you focus on the wording of the Pledge of Allegiance, we are only vowing to stay true to the republic. The words “under God” are just stating how our government was established, through the hard work of our founding fathers. These founding fathers believed that this freedom comes from God, not the state. Taking out that principle would change the very basis for freedom that we take for granted. In closing, I do not believe that it matters how long “under God” has been in our Pledge. I think that it plays such a big important role in our nation and taking out this phrase would result in the shift of our country. I think without the phrase “under God” people would forget to thank our founding fathers for all their hard work and dedication. We as a nation need to show our gratitude and let history live in the present. I know for a fact that “under God” should be kept in our Pledge of