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Over the last 150 years, the Supreme Court has pretty consistently found that the Bill of Rights applies to state as well as federal government: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_Rights
See especially https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everson_v._Board_of_Education:
Mandatory "one nation under god" pledge in school classes disagrees that religion cannot be established.
The pledge isn't mandatory. By law, it has to be optional. Schools have gotten in trouble over it.
Don't bother. Every time you point out they say something that isn't true, they change the subject.
There are so many cases of promoting Christianity by the US government, a few cherrypicked cases of "trouble" doesn't disprove any of this.
Also, the US print religious indoctrination on their currency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust
I'm not arguing for religion to be in school. I'm just saying what's there is already bad enough without making stuff up.
Its also said "with liberty and justice for all" during a time where people kept literal slaves, without a hint of irony.
The wording far too inconsistent and vague to be taken as literally as you're attempting to take them.