No Pledge of Allegiance

[Mike]

Judge: School Pledge Is Unconstitutional
Sep 14 2:20 PM US/Eastern


By DAVID KRAVETS
Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO

Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools was ruled unconstitutional Wednesday by a federal judge who granted legal standing to two families represented by an atheist who lost his previous battle before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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."

Karlton said he was bound by precedent of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which in 2002 ruled in favor of Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow that the pledge is unconstitutional when recited in public schools.

 

[Faster horses]

Oh, for Pete's Sake.

Are we going to stand for this?

What CAN WE DO? Enough is enough and in this case it is TOO MUCH~this has to STOP.

 

[mp.freelance]

This is definitely going to create a backlash. Liberals are digging their own graves, there's no doubt about it.

 

[katrina]

Sooooooooooo explain to me how we can not say the pledge of alligence because we can't say one nation under god............YET we have in God we trust on our money........GIVE ME A BREAK... We all know that our founding fathers had religion in there descesions as to this country.. WHEW... IMPEACH THE NINTH DISTRICT COURT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!