That does sound like a comunest thing, I agree there. Every time that one nation under god came, I've always replaced it with under the Gods. That is good that you are doing your own thing. That pleadge of alegence does sound like a sort of a litney, and many kids are following along because they're told to. I remember when I was going to the blind school in Austin Texas, many of my class mates got so tired of doing that every day. We had to listen to the teacher and what not, but one day, I didn't stand up or anything. I got chastized by the teacher, but I told her that if she ever says anything to me again, I'd tell the principal that what she's doing is violating my rights, and she never did that again. I know that many people will get mad because of that, or any other reason, but it isn't going to go away. I have two questions to ask though. Are we supposed to be lead by the hand? Just because some person who works in a school says to do something like the pledge of alligence, are we supposed to obay their commands in that situation?