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further changes, of which some are just absurd. One man with no legal
standings sued to remove “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance
to the flag. Michael Newdow, an atheist, is seeking to have “under
God” removed from the Pledge because he claimed it would offend
his daughter, of whom he did not even have custody. In fact, the
mother who has full custody is a Christian and says that neither she
nor her daughter was offended by the words “under God.” She is
against Newdow’s desire to have the pledge changed.[49] President Dwight David Eisenhower
said that by adding "under God" to the pledge in 1954,only twelve years
after it was established as the official pledge, they were “affirming the transcendence of religious faith in
America’s heritage and future [and that it would] strengthen those
spiritual weapons which forever will be our country’s most powerful resource
in peace and war."[50] “Under God” is part of the spiritual
history of this country. Newdow is trying to eliminate the very thing that
unites this country and constantly reminds the government that there is
something greater than it. If this is removed, who has greater power
than the government?
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