I think the full quote from Mrrzy's link bears posting:

"America is a nation that values our relationship with an Almighty," Bush said. "Declaration of God in the Pledge of Allegiance doesn't violate rights. As a matter of fact, it's a confirmation of the fact that we received our rights from God, as proclaimed in our Declaration of Independence."That document, in which American colonists declared their independence from Britain in 1776, said the colonists had been "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights."

Bush said the ruling "points up the fact that we need common-sense judges who understand that our rights were derived from God. And those are the kind of judges I intend to put on the bench."

Boy, he sure has "god" figured out, doesn't he? Of course "god" did this only for the USA and all those other countries which claim divine right must be heathens!

I do not doubt for a minute that those involved in writing the Constitution did experience what might be called "divine guidance" but, I believe it is clear they did NOT designate what or whose "Creator" or "Providence" to which they referred. Knowing that some of them were Masons and Rosicrucians and having been affiliated with same most of my life, I would say they meant a very personal type of god, one that each person could express for themselves, OR not, i.e. very tolerant.

Whoever first used "may your god bless you" was on the right track..to each his own and it harm none.

Jim Dixon, I don't know if they do anymore, but I think I remember the adults, et alia, saying the Pledge at rodeos when I was growing up.

kat