which it was NEVER AN ORIGINAL PART OF
but the pledge of a nation MUST BE ABLE TO BE SAID IN FULL And in good conscience by all citizens
without being made to feel less of a citizen for not saying something that is only relevant to a few people
and not at all relevant in a pledge of alliance to a secular government
depends on how you define the group characteristics
because any one group identifier crosses over into other identifiers
less than 1% genetic difference between any 2 humans of the 7 billion plus current alive
and the the 104 billion estimated to have lived since the rise of our homo sapiens species
a name we have given ourselves, yet by our history and social attitudes, we have not earned.
not.just.saying.