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LAW OF THE LAND
Pledge atheist' set to challenge 'In God We Trust'
Michael Newdow in court to argue elimination of national motto
Posted: May 10, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Michael Newdow
The California atheist known for his legal challenge against the Pledge of
Allegiance is in court arguing the national motto "In God We Trust" is
unconstitutional.
Michael Newdow, who filed a 162-page complaint against the president and
Congress, will argue his case in federal district court in Sacramento May
19.
The national public-interest Thomas More Law Center has filed a brief
supporting the United States government's motion to dismiss the suit.
The Law Center argues, "This nation and its form of government were founded
upon an essential idea: Individuals have God-given rights that the
government may neither bestow nor deny."
Richard Thompson, the center's chief counsel, says Newdow's "attempt to
eliminate the mere acknowledgement of our religious heritage by our
National Motto has no basis in constitutional law."
"Even the Supreme Court, in past decisions, has understood there is an
unbroken history of official invocations of Divine guidance beginning with
our founding fathers and continuing to our present day leaders," Thompson
said.
Discussing the case last November, Newdow told KWTV in Oklahoma City, "The
key principle is that we're supposed to treat everybody equally especially
in terms of religious belief."
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members from
all over the US and a couple from overseas as well]
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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