"Those who believe that it is a fitting part of the pledge... you would then be discriminating against them by denying their right of preference, wouldn't you?"

We can put in ever more restrictive clauses that make a smaller and smaller segment of society think they are "no longer" being discriminated against, but you are _increasing_ the discrimination against greater and greater numbers of people. Not to mention that you're totally full of crap for listening to those idiots in the first place.

If the Baptist minister who wrote the original had thought he would be discriminating against himself by not adding a reference to a god, don't you think he would have put it in?

There is _no_ justification for thinking that removal of that phrase discriminates against anyone. That is really beneath the level of intelligence you generally show. Having a bad day or something?

Also, when you go to post, check out the "Permitted HTML" stuff right below the text box. The <blockquote> tag is very useful for quoting people. Just put a <p> or <br> tag between your sentences if you use any HTML.