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We wrote an email to NBC, as follows:

I was flabbergasted to see you remove the UNDER GOD portion from the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance today on coverage of the US Open.

These words have been in our National Pledge for over 50 years.

You have deeply offended me, my family and my friends.

You might think it was the right thing to do--so as not to offend those who do not believe in, or are otherwise hostile to the belief in God, but there are far more who do in this country. They are your customers, whom you are supposed to serve.

I think it was a very stupid move on your part and a fairly aggressive act in today's cultural wars. You'd be better served in disciplining those who made an inconsiderate and offensive decision to the vast majority of your viewers.

We will not be watching NBC or any other of your networks. If you want to insult us, we can go elsewhere. We're tired of being treated like naive rednecks who need an education from liberal New Yorkers and Left Coasters. Your network despises folks like me, so why watch it?

Alas Babylon! and Family, Alabama