"I Pledge Allegiance to Myself. . ."

From The Washington Times: DENVER -- The students in Vincent Pulciani's seventh-grade class were reciting the Pledge of Allegiance this week when they heard the voice over the intercom say something they'd never heard before, at least not during the Pledge.

Instead of "one nation, under God," the voice said, "one nation, under your belief system."

Apparently, this was not an administrative decision, but an individual act on the part of the 8th-grade guidance counselor.

A school district spokesman said: "The day was the sixth anniversary of Columbine, and she felt she should be all-inclusive, so she replaced the word 'God,'"

Making every belief system co-equal removes whatever special characteristics a belief in God comprises. This is not a nation founded upon the concept of Brahminism or secularism, Confucianism or paganism. It originated from a belief in God. Such faith is what aided the U.S. in scaling the cultural heights to a position of great and numerous freedoms--the very freedoms twisted, abused, and taken for granted, today. Our origin should be acknowledged and remembered--for history's sake, if for no other.

What would a sample secularist pledge be? Perhaps something like this:

I pledge allegiance to the concept
of me, myself, and I,
and to the atheism for which I stand--
one nation, indivisible in skepticism,
with liberty and justice for none.

Or the Islamic variant:

I pledge allegiance to Muhammed,
of the united Islamic Jihad,
and to the violence for which he stands:
one world under Allah, invincible,
with virgins for every martyr.

(Sorry this post on the linked story is slightly dated. Blame my eeeeeevil computer's glitches for that).