Nonreligious are free to stay, but we don't bow to them

Nonreligious are free to stay,but we don't bow to them
EDITOR:
Here we go again.
An atheist whose daughter hears the Pledge of Allegiance with one nation "under God" daily is now foisting his nonreligious beliefs on the majority of the religious members of this country. This is not promoting a belief? Where did the good people of this country go? We have sat back and let the minorities rule us! Where do my rights come in, to freely speak the name of God whenever or wherever I wish? Shades of Madeline O'Hare! She is still haunting us from the grave!
If this father does not want his daughter to hear this patriotic allegiance to our country, he can demand she be sent out of the room until it is over. This ought to impress his daughter and prove his point to the world. We, who do believe, should not have to be penalized for his unbelief. No one has to say the words to which they object. They can just stay silent and take up the pledge after those words have been said.
My next question is: Are we going to print and mint all new currency and coins? Do those atheists use our money or do they print their own? This is all ludicrous. If any one wants to undermine our country, this surely will do it.
When are our top courts going to stop destroying our Constitution line by line? Why are they trying to re-invent what has been the mainstay of our government for more than 200 years? When are we, the majority, going to say ENOUGH?
The morals of our country have been insidiously eroded for years. The media, TV shows, and music have blatant sex, violence and foul language poured out for our viewing until we don't even blink at the perversions coming into our homes for our "entertainment" and that of our young.
Divorce, sexual deviation and foul language are all put forth to such an extent that we become immune and hardened to the evil around us. I, for one, say enough! Let's bombard our high court with our objections to this desecration of our Constitution.
MARGARET MULLEN
Youngstown
U.S. was left no choice butto launch war on terrorism
EDITOR:
This is in response to a letter from a Girard resident who accuses President Bush of getting the United States into a religious war for which there will be no end.
I seem to recall that we were not at war when a number of our overseas interests were subject to attack by fanatical terrorists. We were still not at war when these fanatical terrorists attacked us on our shores on Sept. 11, 2001. We needed over 3,000 body bags for the civilians they killed.
President Clinton did little to nothing to protect this country after the earlier attacks. After 9/11, people were screaming that the government failed to do all it could to protect us. Now, many are hollering that we are doing too much by engaging these type people on their own ground. You cannot have it both ways. You either fight them where you find them or sit back and take your licks, because they are not going to stop trying to kill you until they are thoroughly beaten down.
Our war on terrorism is not a religious war. True, these Islamic terrorists claim they are acting in the name of their god by killing the unbeliever. These same people kill other Muslims (believers) who do not support them. Just think about the torture, imprisonment, and murder of other Muslims that was and is going on in Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan by one Islamic sect against another. It is all about power to control. Instead of saying the devil made me do it, they say god requires them to do it. I have noticed that the leaders that say that their god rewards suicide attackers that kill infidels are not volunteering for any such missions. They must not believe what they preach.
The fight against these terrorists will be costly in lives and money wherever it takes place. I say God bless President Bush for taking this battle to them on their ground on our terms instead of waiting for them to come to us on our ground and on their terms.
DONALD G. BAKER
Youngstown