>>>.. "One Nation Under God" from our pledge of allegiance?
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>The original pledge was written in 1892 and read:
>I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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>Under God came along after the Knights of Columbus began lobbying for it in 1951 and it was included in 1954.

FWIW, I never repeated that part of it.

And I had a friend who remained silent the entire time, except at the end, with the "and liberty and justice for all"

We didn't make a fuss about it, and no teacher ever said a word to us about it (though they certainly knew we were staying silent for parts of it).

Sometimes what's needed is, to borrow a line from Tarantino's "From Dusk to Dawn", is a "don't mess with me, I won't mess with you" attitude.