To The Editor:
I think that the judgment being based on a suit by an agnostic makes it a little more difficult to understand why the suit was even looked at ("One Nation Under God," July 8). I think that freedom from unwanted religious persecution by government means is really what the law is about.
The line "under God" was actually added many years later through effort by the Knights of Columbus and backed by President Eisenhower. At the time, no one seemed to mind, but that also could be the climate and the pressure from others not to say anything about "God", or at least "their God" not being the same "God". If we all worked on the premise that "a Supreme Being" is there for all of us, no matter what "Her/His" name is this week, this wouldn't be a problem. Or just remove the line again. Or just tell the atheists and agnostics to pretend, like they always do, that it's the bogeyman.
