irregular guyIRREGULAR TIMES pledge allegiance to the
constitution  One Nation Under God:  But is it true?  With a
subject like the Pledge of Allegiance, there are so many related
issues that it can be difficult to choose just one issue in
particular to consider for political and social implications.
The Pledge attempts to influence matters of citizenship,
political symbolism, national identity, religion and individual
conscience, just to name a few. Given this depth of meaning, it
is surprising that so many politicians and commentators have
chosen not to seriously engage any of these substantive issues.
Rather, most have decided to enthusiastically pursue a course of
attacks against the many different cultural minorities that
consist of individuals whose personal ideals do not include an
allegiance to monotheistic religion.  The simple request of the
non-monotheist cultural minorities that they be able to send
their children to government-run schools supported by their own
taxes without promising to support