They are not all Christians.
I understand that. That's not the point. We're not talking here about banning God, only about the legitimacy of some people saying the Pledge differently.
It is the "professional" Christians who are taking offense and treating this as a power struggle where the smallest point cannot be conceded. Non-Christians and regular Christians do not consider tolerance a threat.
Consider what we're looking at here. There's a news report of a few school officials leaving out the "under God." Oh, the horror of it! Oh, the outrage! The world is coming to an end.
>>The atheists are winning, and frankly, I'm not the only one who is offended.<<
Think about it. Some people said the Pledge without the "under God." It was unreported but it's likely that some people didn't say it at all. And some people who aren't used to saying it probably got the words wrong. Like, so what? It's only if you look at that as an overt act by secular terrorists bent on the destruction of religion can you consider it worthy of mention. Ordinary Christians and non-Christians would barely notice.
When little Johnny comes home from a sporting event saying "mommy, mommy, the teacher said the Pledge wrong," why not respond "that's ok, it's not wrong, some people just find it more meaningful to say it a little bit differently, no big deal, you just keep on saying it the way you say it and don't bother about them."? |
