Give us this day our daily idiot...
One of the arguments being used by people supporting the "under god" bit in the Pledge is that because it is memorized and said by rote, it is not a prayer and therefore doesn't violate the seperation of church and state (beside the obvious fact of stating that a god exists). Hello? Haven't they ever heard of the Lord's Prayer? When I was growing up, the Lutheran Church we went to started every service with it. It was memorized and recited by rote. Are they saying that the Lord's Prayer also isn't a prayer?