I doubt if it will, but I'd love to see it happen.
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Atheist Sues to Thwart Inauguration Prayer
Thu Jan 6, 8:40 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - An atheist who sued because he did not want his young
daughter exposed to the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance
has filed a suit to bar the saying of a prayer at President Bush (news -
web sites)'s inauguration.
Michael Newdow notes that two ministers delivered Christian invocations
at Bush's first inaugural ceremony in 2001, and that plans call for a
minister to do the same before Bush takes the oath of office Jan. 20.
In a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Newdow
says the use of a prayer is unconstitutional. The case is tentatively
scheduled Jan. 14.
Last year, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
(news - web sites) tossed the same lawsuit, saying Newdow did not suffer
"a sufficiently concrete and specific injury." But the decision did not
bar him from filing the challenge in a different circuit.
Newdow is best known for trying to remove "under God" from the Pledge of
Allegiance.
He won that case more than two years ago before a federal appeals court,
which said it was an unconstitutional blending of church and state for
public school students to pledge to God.
In June, however, the Supreme Court said Newdow could not lawfully sue
because he did not have custody of his elementary school-aged daughter,
on whose behalf he sued, and because the girl's mother objected to the
suit.
Newdow refiled the pledge suit in Sacramento federal court this week,
naming eight other plaintiffs who are custodial parents or the children
themselves.
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050107/ap_on_re_us/inaugura
tion_prayer_1
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Intelligent Design has as much to do with science as reality
television has to do with reality. - Barry Lynn on CNN 12/25/04
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