People can say "goddamn" or any variation thereof and you don't see Christians or any other religion taking it to the Supreme Court, do you? So if it's okay to use the lord's name in vein, what's wrong with "under God" being in the pledge or "In God We Trust" being on money? I think that atheists or anyone else who isn't too fond of the phrase "under God" should just be silent during that part of the pledge. I really find it a load of crap that we can't have prayer in school because of freedom of religion. Does that make any sense? Not to me, it doesn't. Basically, here's how our society works: if the majority of the country is Christian, then Christianity is forbidden. If the majority of the country is heterosexual, then it's okay to be heterophobic, but it's not okay to be homophobic. If the majority of the nation is white, then it's okay to make fun of whites despite that you're offending most of the nation, but anything slightly resembling discrimination against another race is to be taken to the Supreme Court. It's total nonsense. If we go to France, we have to speak French. We can't demand that everyone else speak English. Same if we go to Spain. We have to learn to speak Spanish. If we go to Portugal, we have to be able to speak Portugese. So when people come to the United States, why can't they learn our language? Most of the people here speak English... why should we change the way our country works just because someone from a different culture decided to start living here? In some countries, you'd be beheaded if you opposed the everyday lifestyle. So I say, let Muslims practice Islam, let Christians practice Christianity, let Jews practice Judaism, let Buddhists practice Buddhism, let Hindus practice Hinduism, and let atheists practice atheism wherever they want whenever they want. They should all be able to practice their religions (or lack thereof) freely and in anyone's presence without others with different beliefs starting some big boycott.
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