SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools was ruled unconstitutional Wednesday by a federal judge who granted legal standing to two families represented by an atheist who lost his previous battle before the U.S. Supreme Court.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton ruled that the pledge's reference to one nation "under God" violates school children's right to be "free from a coercive requirement to affirm God."
Karlton said he was bound by precedent of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which in 2002 ruled in favor of Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow that the pledge is unconstitutional when recited in public schools.
Copyright 2005 The Associated Press
What F'n CRAP IS THIS. SPINLESS JUDGES ON THE BENCH. THIS HAS BEEN A STAPLE IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS FOR DECADES. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY? DAMN IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT HERE OR LIKE OUR CONSTITUTION THEN LEAVE AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. !!!
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