Which is worse?
Intolerance to the word or belief in a God or intolerance of the lack of or difference in either.
I have always been intolerant to the word tolerance. Tolerance by definition (
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=tolerance) isn't the best word to describe what we as Freedom loving Americans should use for how we accept and embrace other cultures among our own other religions among our own and other people among our natives. To tolerate is not to really accept but to resign one's self to the presence of something.
Accept and embrace those who are different from you and you will be a better American.
I can embrace those who believe just as easily as those who do not. What someone else believes or if my government has reference to god in it's writings makes no difference to me so long as it does not impede upon my or anyone else's freedom. If they are Hindu, Muslim, Christian or Jew they all will enjoy and appreciate my 4th of July BBQ well enough.
Freedom from oppression, Freedom from prejudice and Freedom to believe and worship the way I or anyone else chooses to do so.
I do not believe it is appropriate for a country which claims freedom of religion to have an oath that favors one religion over the other. "Under god" should be officially removed but you're free to say it if you wish. You have THAT Freedom and I thank you for defending mine. We have always been very Jesus centric in this country but THAT in and of it self can be oppressing to those who do not believe what Christians do. We should ACCEPT that we are not all the same and that we will never all be the same. Then we should EMBRACE those who are different into our culture by making our Government and lawmaking machine free from the religion references that foster the oppression we do not intend it to.
It is not offensive to remove "Under God" or a podium of the Ten Commandments from our oaths and centers of law. While their meaning is benevolent to some it is oppressive to others.
While as much as it means to some of us it also hurts some of us. We as a country need to accept that we are different. We are different, so our government - which we are all subject to, should not favor one group of us by reflecting their sentiments in the laws that govern all of us.