Finally, one for the handful of Americans who do not believe in invisible friends and who are not part of a cult!
A federal appeals court found the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional on Wednesday….
“A profession that we are a nation ‘under God’ is identical … to a profession that we are a nation ‘under Jesus,’ a nation ‘under Vishnu,’ a nation ‘under Zeus,’ or a nation ‘under no god,”‘ it said.
The words, “under God,” were first added in 1954 in the midst of our last big right-wing witch-hunting god-fearing jingoistic fake-war boom time, in a year dominated by Senator Joseph McCarthy. I should be amazed it’s still there, but I’m not, and I have no illusions the Supreme Court would agree with this Federal Appeals Court decision.