A government-endorsed and required statement like The Pledge of Allegiance  very blatantly violates our “freedom of religion” as promised in the first amendment of the Constitution. Although students are not forced to say the words themselves, being told that our country is “under God” every day can have a significant impact on a student including but not limited to alienation from one’s peers and religious indoctrination, and school is not the place to have that sort of impact. As members of our community, and especially of our school, we have a responsibility to make this change happen on a local level and set an example for other schools all across the country.

In our community, we want everyone to feel comfortable and accepted, and of course we want to adhere to the first amendment of the constitution on which our country was built. We can do this by taking action for the better. We can start to make a difference by asking our school to be inclusive and exclude the words “under God” from the recitation of The Pledge of Allegiance each morning. Let’s pledge to be leaders and role models for everyone around us, so we can have liberty and justice for all.

Please read this article to understand more about our cause:

https://sites.google.com/view/theundergroundmelrose/articles/is-one-nation-under-god-exclusive