The Pledge clearly acknowledges the fact that our freedoms in this country come from God, not government.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The Pledge of Allegiance reflects the truth that faith in God has played a significant role in America since the days of the founding of our country.
We Americans unite faith and freedom in asserting that our liberties are your gift, God, not that of government.
In our pledge every day, we pledge one Nation under God with liberty and justice for all.
I believe that, as Americans, our freedoms come from God and not government, and include the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.
But today, government is taking those rights from us, pretending that it gives us our rights. Indeed, those rights come from God, and it was recognized throughout our history as such.
The Pledge of Allegiance says, 'liberty and justice for all'.
Anytime you deny the acknowledgement of God you are undermining the entire basis for which our country exists.
My position is that it isn't government's job to mandate patriotism. To me, mandating a pledge of allegiance to a government is something Saddam Hussein would do.
Governor, why wouldn't anyone want to say the Pledge of Allegiance, unless they detested their own country or were ignorant of its greatness?