Ah, okay. I decided not to tackle this on my own blog. so why not say two-cents' worth here. As a kid, and now with my own kid, I've always had an uncomfortable feeling about the Pledge. Not because of the "one nation under God" line as much as the notion of pledging my allegiance to a flag.

I don't pledge my allegiance to the flag of this or any country because allegiance implies unfaltering agreement, unwavering support, right or wrong; it's divisive; it removes all notion of us being global citizens first. I think it's also contrary to what "God-fearing conservatives," should be doing, in a Christian sense. Shouldn't they be pledging their allegiance to God first, not a piece of cloth or the political underpinnings the flag represents? It seems to me Idolatry, which "etymologically denotes Divine worship given to an image, but its signification has been extended to all Divine worship given to anyone or anything but the true God."

With that being said, I'm not so sure reciting the pledge in schools is unconstitutional, but I think that pressuring or mandating that children should or must pledge, is unconstitutional.