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   From: rick0.merrill@gmail.com.lessspam   
      
   SchÝoop Ed wrote:   
   > God didn't even invade our political scene until 1954...who the fuck did that   
   > anyway?   
   >   
   > "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one   
   > nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."   
   >   
   > - Pledge as originally written by Francis Bellamy in 1892   
   >   
   >   
   > "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the   
   > Republic for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liberty and   
   > justice for all."   
   >   
   > - Pledge as it was from 1924 - 1954   
   >   
   >   
   > "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."   
   >   
   > - Pledge since 1954   
   >   
      
   The act of congress that inserted the christian "God" was and is on the face   
   of it unconstitutional if "an act of congress" is the same as "making a   
   law."  Probably the billboards will provide someone with a basis from which to   
   take a case to court.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)