Preference does not affect constituionality, but it does so regarding discrimination. Changing or forbidding something because someone believes differently qualifies as -discrimination-, and for that you can look at any number of groups today which have faced it in the past or continue to in the present... gays, lesbians, blacks, etc, etc, etc. Changing it ONLY because of the religious angle WOULD be discriminating against those who do believe, particularly since that ONE line can be omitted by any first-grader onward without difficulty while inserting it cannot be.
The fact that it was changed before does not give me a second's pause, as I can readily infer exactly why it occurred in the first place. That doesn't change matters in the least, however, and the pledge is what it is today... changing that is up to the people who are willing to actually go out there and DO something about it other than blow smoke.
Putting something 'back to rights' which has become a nationwide standard is not so simple as waving a magic wand, requiring something on a national level... which isn't going to happen through anything but the Supreme Court. This doesn't mean that it will happen, or that it won't, only that it will take the concerted EFFORT of one or more persons to effect some kind of change.
Why do I take part in these discussions? Easy enough question... There are a lot of people out there with just as many differing opinions, it's always good to hear them and voice my own in order to broaden my horizons and keep ye olde gray matter from becoming too terribly unused. ;)
At any rate, time's expired for the day and an evening out awaits. Fare thee well, and good hunting! |
