Ernest Miller over at Corante has a good idea to address the “under God” issues we’re having with the Pledge of Allegiance–ditch it altogether, and have kids recite the Preamble to the Constitution instead. A quick refresher on the Preamble shows it to be a very suitable (and argubly far more appropriate) alternative:
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
[from Ernie Miller via Jeff Jarvis' Buzzmachine]