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Atheist Plans To Continue To Challenge Pledge Of Allegiance
An atheist who unsuccessfully challenged the words “under God” in the pledge of allegiance says he isn’t giving up.
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SAN FRANCISCO (March 12, 2010)—Michael Newdow, the California atheist who challenged the inclusion of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance says he's going to ask a federal appeals court in San Francisco to rehear the case.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld references to God in the pledge and on U.S. currency in a ruling Thursday.
The judge who wrote the opinion in the 2-1 ruling noted that schools don't require students to recite the pledge.
Newdow says if the appeals court won't rehear the case, he'll appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
He says the argument that the words "under God" weren't placed in the pledge for religious purposes is "bogus."
The same appeals court ruled in his favor in 2002, but the Supreme Court then ruled that Newdow didn't have the legal standing to file the suit on behalf of his daughter, so he filed an identical challenge on behalf of other parents.
California law professor Rory Little said the Supreme Court is unlikely to review this case, because the ruling is the third appellate court decision upholding the pledge.
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This IDIOT Newdow is a loon. First he sued because his daughter had to say the pledge. She was ok with it but daddy'o couldn't deal with that so he sued. Plus, his ex-wife had custody of the daughter so there was a little extra stick it in your eye going on between the two. When will these atheists, and others, learn that this nation was founded on Christian principles? Deal with it. Our Constitution is there to give you freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion. If you don't like it then don't pay attention during that part of a service. That is what conservatives do. Liberals tend to make others have to do what they want to do, which is stupid.
