The number of Americans who are either atheists, agnostics, or claim “no religion” is almost a third of the population and growing very quickly.

So when you say things like “God Bless America” or want people to recite the pledge with the words “under God” in it, you are excluding a huge minority of people.

Maybe the pledge should say instead “One nation, except for a third of the population whose views are irrelevant and unimportant to me.”

And of the remaining religious folks, many do not want government involved in religious laws (such as banning abortion or gay marriage).

In fact, I think one of the reasons religious belief is dying in America is because of the fanatics who proclaim to love Jesus while hating everything he stood for. It’s no wonder people are turning away from religion.