Atheist has another go at banning pledge, 12-05-07

Inside an ornate marble courtroom in San Francisco, one of the nation's most persistent atheists tried yet again Tuesday to persuade a federal appeals court to strike down the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools.

But based on an hour of legal sparring and occasional musings about the meaning of God in public life, it is a tossup as to whether the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will take the same tack as five years ago, when it found the pledge in school unconstitutional because it contains the phrase "under God."

Read entire article, 12/05/2007

Atheist back before appellate court over “under God” in Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency

Michael Newdow, the atheist doctor turned lawyer, once again is bringing his case against “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

In a hearing scheduled for 9 o’clock this morning -- the same day he will face the U.S. Justice Department and Sacramento’s Rio Linda Unified School District in court over the pledge -- Newdow, in a separate action, is challenging the use of “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency.

Read entire article, December 4, 2007

Pledge, Motto Cases to Be Heard by Court, 12-04-07

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An atheist seeking to remove the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance and U.S. currency is taking his arguments back to a federal appeals court.

Michael Newdow, a Sacramento doctor and lawyer, sued the Elk Grove Unified School District in 2000 for forcing public school children to recite the pledge, saying it was unconstitutional.

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Atheism Back in Court Again, 12-05-07

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on December 4 will again hear a challenge by Michael Newdow to the Pledge of Allegiance and its phrase "under God." Newdow won his prior lawsuit against the Pledge until the Supreme Court, perhaps to avoid public outrage in the 2004 presidential election year, tossed out his case on a procedural technicality.
Read entire Phyllis Schlafly 12-05-07 column

Save the Pledge of Allegiance

Cong. Todd Akin re-introduced the Pledge Protection Act.

Below is a story from Focus on the Family’s CitizenLink:
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000003730.cfm