Federal judge declares Pledge unconstitutional

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In 1943, the US Supreme Court decided in WEST VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION v. BARNETTE that students can't be required to recite the pledge.

That's odd. Nobody ever said it was optional when I was a kid in Kansas. They said we would recite the pledge, we did so, no questions asked.

The pledge is a fairly minor issue. "Under God" was added in 1954 to distinguish the U.S. from the "Godless communists." Seemed to work fine without the religious reference before, so I fail to see why "under God" should be required.