NOT "under God"

international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press Thursday September 15, 2005 13:53 by Freethinker

Judge: School Pledge Is Unconstitutional
By DAVID KRAVETS, Associated Press Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - An atheist seeking to strike the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools has won a major battle in his quest to force the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the issue again.

U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton sided with atheist Michael Newdow in ruling Wednesday that the pledge's reference to God violates the rights of children in three school districts to be "free from a coercive requirement to affirm God."