[Ghoulish Delight]

Look, I agree that's it's not THAT big of a deal. This father is a nut and taking things too far.

BUT, even though I personally wouldn't go out of my way to make a big deal of it, the fact is, it's in front of the court. And the court has to look it objectively. And as I see it, it's pretty black and white. The pledge existed without the reference to god. During the McCarthy era, in a blatant and outward attempt to instill the fear of God in this country, the Knight of Columbus pushed for the addition. When signing it, Eisenhower even said, "From this day forward, the millions of our schoolchildren will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty."

So if this isn't a case of our government enacting legislation cocnerning religion, I don't know what the hell is.

Again, is it the worst thing in the world? No. But the fact is that the express purpose for that phrase to be in there was to impress relgiousness on the country and I see no other option for the court other than to rule it be removed.