DON'T BUY PEPSI IN THE NEW CAN ! (MISSING "UNDER GOD")

[Rob Goodale]

So then what you are saying is that life as we know it will never be the
same, we will all be forced into oppression, and everyone will be forced
into church because the work God is in the pledge?  Is God really that bad?
Are you afraid of God?  You should be.

Rob Goodale, RPT
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Proud supporter of what America was like when
"I Love Lucy" and "Leave It To Beaver" were on
Prime-Time television.    What happened to us?
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> I believe that would be...
>
> "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
> prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,
> or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to
> petition the government for a redress of grievances."
>
> So when Congress signs a bill that modifies a national pledge to include
> "God," is that not not the establishment of religion?  When our children
are
> told to recite the pledge every morning and profess their belief in God,
is
> that not government mandated religion?  Even at a baseball game, when
> everyone recites the pledge, isn't there coercion at play, when someone
who
> doesn't believe in God must either choose to profess his belief in God or
> remain silent, drawing stares, appearing unpatriotic, and making himself
> appear suspect?  Is this not a freedom of speech issue, as well as a
freedom
> of religion issue?
>
> More seriously, when I go to court and am required to place my hand on a
> Bible and say "so help me God," is that not government mandated religion?
> What if I don't believe in God?  Do I not have the freedom not to believe
in
> God?  What if I'm one of those ultraconscientious people who feels an oath
> to tell the truth should not include a lie?  What if I refuse to take the
> oath in the form that is required?  Are you aware that I could go to
prison
> (contempt of court) for not professing my belief in God in a court of law?
>
> The law does not protect agnostics such as myself.  The law even further
> discriminates against atheists.
>
> Is there a god?  Dunno...  I think there might be.  But darn it all, must
I
> be required to profess beliefs I don't know if I have, in order not to
> appear unpatriotic and/or avoid going to jail?  It's rather sick, when you
> think about it.
>
> I like the pledge in its previous form.  If Pepsi were to take a political
> stand and print the pledge the old way, I might just have to switch from
> Coke, to which I am hopelessly addicted.  ;-)
>
> Peace,
> Sarah
>
>
>
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