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"What harm does it do?"
I pledge allegiance, to the spreadsheets, of the United Conglomerates of America... and to the Republicans... for which they stand.... one corporation... under the CEO... indivisible... with stock options and dividends for all.
I pledge allegiance, to Hugh Hefner, of the Playboy Corporation of America.... and to the smoking jacket... and the pipe... with which he's dressed... one magazine.... under the mattress... unstapleable..... with chesty women and airbrushing for all.
Even if we stipulate that very young children do not know the meaning of the words of the pledge, they are bound to figure it out one of these days. You can take the position that it's a rote statement, a social custom if you will, and that therefore people who don't agree with some of the statements in it shouldn't get bent out of shape--"What harm does it do?" But if you take that position, then why can't everybody just put in their own words?
It's beyond me why supposedly religious people will buy into this argument about "civic religion." In my view what this means is that the religious ideas have become so trivialized that they're useless. As a Christian, I don't need the gummint to proselytize on my behalf.
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