Are all 50 states wrong?

[metalman]

Aknowledging a creator was all the founding fathers did.
While on one hand aknowledging God they agreed (rightly so) that our government should never establish a religion or interfere with a religion or the practice of such that was othwise constitutional. Indeed this also protects the atheist and any other minorty that don't choose to acknowledge a Creator. Complete seperation of the civil authority and relgious "authority" (ones own response to concience) the freedom OF religion and FROM religion.
I wouldnt confuse the pledge of allegiance to infer otherwise.

As for state consitutions, they too follow the same example...which is somewhat ironic given the fact that many states violate this very princple with their laws.

[FCguy]

EVERYONE USED to think the world was FLAT. Does that make them right? So since EVERYONE in the US belived in God does that by default make them right? NO!... Times change, people change, beliefs change.

I will not sit here and tell you god does not exist, but I will say the US is now VERY diverse and so is the rest of the world. I think that the government should have nothing to do with religion even if it was founded on it. Lots of things were different with each of the states succession (sp?) compaired to now. We used to hang people, we used to run indians off their land and claim it, lots of things were differnt. Don't be affraid of the change, and dont be jealous if your particular religion isnt the basis for a government anymore, losing it influence over it. I think all religions should be embraced and none of them should be included in the basis of our government.

All of this coming from someone who is half the time from the conservative side

[metalman]

I think all religions should be embraced and none of them should be included in the basis of our government.

Well said. And that is exactly what the founding fathers intended. Inclusion of all, exclusion of none, yet no religion should be either "restricted" or "upheld" by civil government.