Dear Mr. Newdow: Crawl back under your rock now .....Fox News Alert - Pledge case dismissed by USSC
Supreme Court Dismisses Pledge Case on Technicality
Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:38 AM ETWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed on Monday a constitutional challenge to the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance recited by schoolchildren, without deciding the key church-state issue.
The justices ruled that California atheist Michael Newdow lacked the legal right to bring the challenge in the first place. "We conclude that Newdow lacks standing," Justice John Paul Stevens declared in the opinion. [Meek note here: His wife has custody of the child is the reason, is what FOX News is reporting].
The ruling came down on the 50th anniversary of the addition of the words "under God" to the pledge. Congress adopted the June 14, 1954, law in an effort to distinguish America's religious values and heritage from those of communism, which is atheistic.
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