It wasn't. I went to elementary school in rural California 7 or 8 years ago and we had to recite the pledge along with the "under god" part. When I moved to Minnesota we didn't have to say the pledge at all. It's apparently something that varies depending on where you are.
Joe R. Golowka JoeG at ieee.org Anarchist FAQ - http://www.anarchistfaq.org
"The State is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of human behavior; we destroy it by contracting other relationships, by behaving differently" - Gustav Landauer