Today’s ruling by the 9th Circuit Court is outrageous and reprehensible. Though not applicable in Texas, I still hope it is appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court and overturned quickly. The Pledge of Allegiance serves to unite us as Americans and reaffirms what our nation stands for. Texas schoolchildren and all Texans should continue to recite the Pledge with pride and honor. Despite a ruling from a California-based court, we remain one nation – under God.
--Texas Governor Rick Perry's official statement on the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's decision in Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, June 26, 2002 (emphasis added)
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic, for which it stands: One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
--United States Pledge of Allegiance, 4 U.S.C. Chapter 1 (emphasis added)
Glad that's settled, then.