Religion: Under God

One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Instead of tossing a dignified clerical hat into the air at Congress' decision to insert the words "under God" in the pledge of allegiance to the Flag (TIME, May 17), the Episcopal Living Church this week confined itself to a stern little sermon on its meaning: "

The invocation of the Almighty . . . is a serious business. God is not easily flattered, and we suspect that His interest in this reference to Him is conditioned strictly [by] the extent to which our national decisions and policies and actions are 'under...

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