We said the Pledge of Allegiance every morning in grade school. I’m old enough to remember the day it changed ~ something was added.
In 1954 President Eisenhower encouraged Congress to add the words “under God,” creating the 31-word pledge we say today.
Not everyone likes this addition of “under God”. Atheists, advocates of religious tolerance, and even Jehovah Witnesses have attempted to remove it, some sighting its “reference to a single deity” which also doesn’t sit well with Hindus, Buddhists, and others.
Nevertheless, the Pledge still reads: “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
Our country has changed in many ways, not always good, not always bad. This writer is thankful that the erosion of our Christian nation, at least regarding the Pledge of Allegiance, is left untouched so far, by those who would take God out of daily life.