Wouldn’t it be a pity…

…two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance — “Under God.” Wouldn’t it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer, and that would be eliminated from schools too?
     -Red Skelton,
      Jan. 14, 1969[1. Thanks to my friend, Ralph, who sent me the Red Skelton video clip]

Meanwhile, atheists are protesting in response to the March, 2010 decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in California, that the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance are not unconstitutional:

American Atheists California is holding a demonstration at the San
Francisco Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals building on Wednesday,
March 17, calling for Congress to repeal the 1954 act that added
the phrase “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance. (source:
American Atheists Missouri)

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