the religious person's objection to "under God" in the pledge

[khedron]

Quoting Slacktivist once again:
I do not believe in or worship a generic "kind of very comprehensive supreme being, Seeger-type thing" either. And I do not see how the First Amendment can be interpreted to allow the government to compel me to worship this squishy deity. That amendment contains no exception allowing for the establishment of a state religion if that religion is a flaccid and flimsy thing.

For the origins of the phrase "Seeger-type thing" you'll have to look at the court case notes, or just follow this link to read his long discussion of the discussions of the case. I'm not going to quote the rest of the Slacktivist article, but it's worthy.

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[keyne.livejournal.com]

... to compel me to worship this squishy deity.

You know, it was very strange to read this entry immediately followed by that one.

[khedron.livejournal.com]

*laugh*

It's minutely possible that these are the same squishy things, but I doubt it.