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I just got the following in an e-mail bulletin from a local TV station with the following AP news release:
(San Francisco-AP) -- A federal appeals court in San Francisco has declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional. The court finds that it's an endorsement of religion -- and cannot be recited in schools.
The Ninth U-S Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 1954 act of Congress that inserted the phrase "under God" after the words "one nation" in the pledge. The court says the phrase violates the separation of church and state.
A judge wrote that a statement that we are one nation "under God" is no different than saying we are a nation "under Jesus" or "under Vishnu" -- or a nation "under no God." He says none of these statements can be neutral with respect to religion.
Where in the Constitution does it say the words "separation of church and state?" The Constitution prohibits a state run church, not "separation of church and state." If I were to be elected to congress or the presidency would I have to renounce my faith? I think that's the only way to truely separate the two. Having "One nation, under God" in the pledge isn't sponsoring any particular religion. It might offend athiests, but they're the minority. We need to stop catering to every whiny small special interest group and become a nation with a backbone again.
I just got the following in an e-mail bulletin from a local TV station with the following AP news release:
(San Francisco-AP) -- A federal appeals court in San Francisco has declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional. The court finds that it's an endorsement of religion -- and cannot be recited in schools.
The Ninth U-S Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 1954 act of Congress that inserted the phrase "under God" after the words "one nation" in the pledge. The court says the phrase violates the separation of church and state.
A judge wrote that a statement that we are one nation "under God" is no different than saying we are a nation "under Jesus" or "under Vishnu" -- or a nation "under no God." He says none of these statements can be neutral with respect to religion.
Where in the Constitution does it say the words "separation of church and state?" The Constitution prohibits a state run church, not "separation of church and state." If I were to be elected to congress or the presidency would I have to renounce my faith? I think that's the only way to truely separate the two. Having "One nation, under God" in the pledge isn't sponsoring any particular religion. It might offend athiests, but they're the minority. We need to stop catering to every whiny small special interest group and become a nation with a backbone again.
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Date: 2002-06-26 12:14 pm (UTC)I agree... I had a professor in Legal Social and Political Business Environments that talked about that very thing. He was a pretty good teacher...
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Date: 2002-06-26 12:20 pm (UTC)