General Discussion

But it's damn near impossible to imply, with a straight face, that requiring ever child, through multiple years of education, to recite the pledge ever single morning, at every single baseball game and everywhere else that could shoehorn it in, doesn't conflate nationalism and Christianity is crazy to me.
That seeing it on money doesn't conflate Christianity with value, capitalism and power and changing the motto from "from many, one" to "In God we Trust" doesn't send a clear message that only Christians are welcome here, is crazy to me.

You referenced yourself as a Catholic (for reference I am an atheist but graduated from a Catholic university where I majored in Business Administration and minored in Religion) which, last time I checked, is Christian, but saw no consideration for those that were not Christian and their experience.
Leaving with this quote from Eisenhower: