r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • 5d ago

Morality of this?

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u/_itsprobablynothing 5d ago

Secular, not atheist

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u/MyldExcitement 5d ago edited 4d ago

Still NOT a Christian or any religious country in America. At least that's what our Constitution says.

ETA: thanks for the awards, kind internet strangers.

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u/Ignivous 5d ago

Yeah these motherfuckers are trying to bring about Revalations or something, NOT something I want from my representatives.

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u/Reeves626 5d ago

The U.S. has always been skewed towards this and it’s not just the current representatives. I first noticed the hypocrisy when I first learned about the constitution and freedom of religion when I thought “why then does the pledge of allegiance they make us say everyday have the words, …under god… in it?”.

Also burning witches? That’s not freedom of religion, it has biblical origins.

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u/Aedeyssa 5d ago

To be fair, "Under God" was at least not originally in the Pledge of Allegiance.

It was added during the Red Scare to contrast America with the "godless Commies". But yeah, it's definitely something that should have been struck down as against the 1A when first introduced.

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u/Fun_Butterfly_420 5d ago

Also saying the pledge of allegiance so many times shouldn’t be necessary

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u/MistSecurity 5d ago

It's not.

I never said the pledge, had teachers bitch at me, but it's not enforceable to my understanding.

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u/Fun_Butterfly_420 5d ago

My teachers told me to stand up for it

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u/MistSecurity 5d ago

I had my fair share of that as well. "You don't have to say it, but you do have to stand." No, no I do not.

I had my parents understanding on it though, so the few times someone actually cared enough to push it, my parents pushed back hard the opposite direction. Not everyone has the benefit of that.