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Do We Need God In The Pledge By Jay Sekulow Analysis

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In “Do We Need God in the Pledge” by Jay Sekulow. Sekulow argues that have the word god in the pledge is not about religion but about patriotism. He says that even though “under God” was not in the original Pledge it was implied because Abraham Lincoln wrote the words “this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom…the government of the people, by the people, shall not perish from the Earth in the Gettysburg Address (Sekulow quoting Lincoln) The fact is Sekulow’s article is based on gaining an emotional response. The very first line is proof of this “It’s a statement of patriotism not religion” (Sekulow). Sekulow is saying that if a person does not believe that the words “under God” belong in the Pledge that they are not patriotic

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