The Pledge of Allegiance reads, “One nation… indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”. This is possible only if everyone is respected. If not, it will be a nation divisible, or…divided. And perhaps that is one of our biggest challenges—because some people do not feel included; the fact that it says “under God” in that phrase actually divides us or makes us divisible—because it says we all believe the same way, but we do not. ‘under God’ is for some people, not all—and so it should be removed. This is not a proposition under Atheism. Everyone in the United States is guaranteed equal rights and some of us believe in God while others do not. We don't suggest putting "God does not exist" or "Under Atheism" in the pledge, so why should "under God" be in it? It was not even originally in the pledge. It was added in 1954, during a fearful time. With an increasing number of people admitting their atheism, becoming atheist, and there already having been many people from religions that do not refer to the higher power they believe in as "God", we feel that "under God" should be taken out of the pledge, because we want all citizens who would like to make the pledge be able to do it so without there being compromises in their hearts, minds, or rights--basically without religion being involved. There is a reason Church and State are not connected, and so neither should the United States Pledge of Allegiance and Church be. My pledge of allegiance to this nation and God have nothing to do with each other. The United States needs to be viewed as a country where it does not matter whether one believes in God or not--to be loyal to the nation. The Pledge of Allegiance was originally written by a Minister who decided that putting God in the Pledge was not appropriate. There have been many other petitions for this same cause, but President Obama has shut them down--in effect--stating "Religion plays a role in politics", which it should not. This is not about religion. This is about the Constitution.