Letter to the editor
By Daily Bruin Staff
April 8, 2004 9:00 p.m.
God can be defined in many ways The
“under God” phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance does not
violate constitutional prohibitions against laws respecting
religion, since, according to some definitions, God can be defined
generally as a person or thing of supreme value. It is perfectly
reasonable to conclude that people’s actions and pursuits
broadly reflect and are guided by their values, and thus their
supreme values. Calling these supreme values “God”
merely acknowledges that we as people follow a person or thing of
supreme value in our lives. The Daily Bruin editorial seemed to
call this interpretation perfectly acceptable (“”˜Under
God’ violates Bill of Rights freedoms,” April 8). But
just because we disagree on what to call each individual’s
supreme values does not mean we should disavow their existence in
the classroom by removing God from the pledge.
Dylan Tyagi Fourth-year, economics
