Anybody who wants to spew nationalistic chants should be free to mention God however many times they please, but schools making children chant in favor of their religion and nationalism is absurd. I wasn't informed I could opt out until well into middle school. But it doesn't really matter to me now though, since I'm not the type to pledge allegiance to a piece of cloth (I pledge allegiance to humankind instead...somehow it seems more worthy of my allegiance).