Texas House lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly 124-5 last a few days ago to bring more religion into public schools by adding the words “under God” to the state pledge which students recite each morning before classes commence. This means that the issue is going to be pushed up to consideration by the state Senate.

The bill (House Bill 1034) authored by State Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-150 could change the pledge to “Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, on state under God and indivisible.”

This really wouldn’t be that big of a shake-up as most Texans consider themselves active Christians, and being that the American pledge of allegiance has included “under God” since 1954.

I’ve heard that the ACLU in Texas has received some complaints about this bill, but amazingly they haven’t released their own official statement yet. Funny, because it seems they ALWAYS have something to say.

For those of you who feel concerned about this whole church-in-schools issue, there’s a provision in the bill that allows children exemption from having to recite the newly edited pledge if the parent provides a written request.

What are your thoughts on this?