The Pledge of Allegiance and Our Public School System

The controversy over the separation of Church and State has become a main topic of discussion in the past several years. The phrase "under God" which is currently in the Pledge of Allegiance has been the center of this argument. Those arguing for the removal of the statement say it impedes the article of the constitution which states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." This statement has been the authority in this case; however everyone seems to interpret it differently.

However, it is undisputable that the mention of the word god is religious in itself. Therefore the reference to the word god in the pledge is against the constitution. The reason being, that it is endorsing the belief of religion over the non-belief of religion. Yet the primary reason it has been allowed to stay in our pledge is because the large majority of the United States population is religious. On further inspection of the statement it becomes evident that not only is the statement religious, but it favors a Christian god in a subtle way that most would not notice. Most other religious institutions do not use a capital "G" to refer to their god. Christianity however does use this to refer to their god, which means the state which makes students stay the Pledge of Allegiance is endorsing a Christian view. Another subtle yet breach of the constitution is that the reference to god in the pledge is singular, thus implying that there is only one god. Once again the statement is favoring Christianity or other monotheistic religions as oppose to other religions which have several gods (polytheism).