Saying the pledge is not a religious thing -- it's an "I live in America" thing. We should be saying the pledge or live somewhere else. If you want the privileges of living in America, then you should respect everything that goes with it.

I disagree -- thankfully I live in a country that allows me to worship as I please, and speak as I please, even if that means not reciting the pledge.

Some people/religions see taking the pledge as putting something before God, like an idol. The point is that we do live in a country that allows freedom of religion weather we agree or not. Others have the right to abstain from anything that goes against their religious beliefs.

"Others have the right to abstain from anything that goes against their religious beliefs."

Not really. Try not educating your children, not obeying the laws of the land or not paying taxes. And it is whether, not weather.

People make their choices, and will have to deal with the consequences. People shouldn't get beat up over it though.

I agree that people have the right to make that choice, but also feel that the least they could do is stand and maybe even place their hand over their hearts. They don't have to agree religiously with the pledge but by refusing to even stand seems downright disrespectful.

What I wonder is why anyone who would call themselves a Christian would feel the need to pay any attention to who else is pledging allegiance to the flag, praying, or anything else which should be a personal matter of respect or worship. Isn't that called unrighteous judgment?

To physically or verbally assault anyone is criminal-- not too patriotic, in my mind.

To anonymous,
I'm using the majority religion in Utah as an example here, you may or may not belong to that religion, but here me out. Many in Utah believe that drinking alchohol is a sin. Would you tell them to hold a glass of alchohol to not be disrespectful? Also, to Ummm no, there are actually several cases where a persons right to worship does trump some laws. The use of the drug peyote is one of those cases. I would not relate saying the pledge to oveying laws or paying taxes. The two are in completely different brackets. Once you force people to say the pledge, you begin to take away freedom of speech, including the feedom to speak out against our public officials. Once those freedoms are taken away, America will become just like China.