It's sad to see the gross ignorance of some recent letters on the Pledge of Allegiance. The so-called "separation of church and state" is not in the Constitution, as several of them assert, but rather it was a concept of Thomas Jefferson, and it has been taken completely out of context.

There are numerous references to the almighty in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence.

If you don't believe me, I suggest reading them before making bogus claims.

The First Amendment's statement that Congress shall establish a religion simply means that there will not be an "official" religion, such as the Anglican Church in England.

Sound legal judgement takes into account the history of law, and of the citizens of the nation.

It is obvious that this country was founded on Christian principles, one of which is tolerance.

Tolerance for other viewpoints does, in no way, mean that the government cannot recognize or support any religion.

In the United States of America, you will not be persecuted for practicing your faith, or for practicing no faith. That is what the First Amendment is all about.

To believe that Jefferson's concept of "separation of church and state" means pretending that religion does not exist is not only an absurd reading of the Constitution and history, it demonstrates how far politically correct brainwashing has gone to revise the actual events that history has recorded.

Changing the past to re-direct the future is a fundamental tactic of Orwell's Ministry of Truth, and I think it's chilling to see how effective is has been on some of your readers.