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Atheist spars with skeptical justices over Pledge
Washington Times ^
| 3/25/04
| Julia Duin
Posted on 03/24/2004 11:05:38 PM PST by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:14:12 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Michael Newdow, the atheist whose landmark court case on whether the words "under God" should be removed from the Pledge of Allegiance, told Supreme Court justices yesterday that patriotism should not be mixed with piety.
"Every morning, government agents have children stand up, including my daughter, and have them affirm this nation is under a religious deity who many people, including myself, do not accept," he said. "My daughter is forced to stand up and say, 'My father is wrong.'
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: newdow; scotus; undergod
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To: kattracks; All
Actually Kattracks this how goes he doesn't have custory of his daughter his ex-wife who happen to be Born again Chrisitan
HELLO
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posted on
03/25/2004 9:06:27 AM PST
by
SevenofNine
("Not everybody , in it, for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: BibChr
Oh, he is so doomed!A blog by some lawyers who saw the argument is predicting that he will lose 7-1; only Stevens showed any support for his position.
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
<< She is perfectly welcome to sit and stare at the wall for 30 seconds >>
...which SHE doesn't even want to do!
The problem is ALL Newdow's...
...and who could have guessed THAT?
Dan
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posted on
03/25/2004 12:30:43 PM PST
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: Lurking Libertarian
Well, in jerk-logic, one vote would be vindication; 8-0 would mean none of them could follow his marvelous reasoning.
Dan
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posted on
03/25/2004 12:32:17 PM PST
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: kattracks
Pathetic girlie-man, hiding behind his daughter's skirts.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
To: kattracks
When is SCOTUS predicted to rule on this?
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posted on
03/26/2004 7:59:20 AM PST
by
Stars N Stripes
(My baloney has a first name, it's h o m e r, my baloney has a second name it's h o m e r .......)
To: Stars N Stripes
When is SCOTUS predicted to rule on this?Sometime between now and the end of June. The Court finishes its term in late June, and almost never holds a case over from one term to the next.
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