the pledge
I'm reasonably patriotic, and I think this is the best damn country in the world. But
"under God" or not, I never much cared for the
Pledge of Allegiance [which, when I was in school, was always led by the "Voice of DHS"
Ryan Seacrest, now of "American Idol" fame].
The pledge always seemed little more than a rote
loyalty oath, which -- if you believe the internet -- was originally written
in order to sell flags. Though I love my country, my allegiance is to its [classical] liberal ideals, not to its flag, not to its republican government, and certainly not to any notion of "
indivisibility."
Commentators and congressmen will wring their hands and argue about whether God has a place in the pledge. The more interesting issue -- whether a "pledge of allegiance" has a place at all -- will go largely unquestioned.