Pledge Declared Unconstitutional
Let me buy a clue for some folks.
IF you do not believe you should include the phrase "under God" in the pledge of allegience then just skip right by that part. How hard can that be? Why does it have to be a federal case (pun intended)?
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- A federal judge declared the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools unconstitutional Wednesday in a case brought by the same atheist whose previous battle against the words "under God" was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court on procedural grounds.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton ruled that the pledge's reference to one nation "under God" violates school children's right to be "free from a coercive requirement to affirm God."
Read the rest here: http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/09/14/pledge.ruling.ap/index.html