When I was in high school, in 1984, I would stand, but I wouldn't say the pledge, because I didn't believe there was any such thing as liberty and justice for all.

In a perfect country, there would be. And it's a nice ideal, but we don't have it, even though I think we give it as good a try as we can with what we have to work with.

But anyway, I wouldn't say the pledge, and this never got me in trouble with anyone except one or two classmates who called me a communist.

Personally, it seems pretty easy to me. If "under God" wasn't originally part of the pledge, then let's just take it back out. Each person can decide individually if they want to be "under God" or not.

But perhaps I oversimplify...