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Supreme Court Rejects Atheist's Inauguration Prayer Bid
FOXNews ^ | January 19, 2005 | AP

Posted on 01/19/2005 9:01:48 AM PST by GAWnCA

WASHINGTON — An atheist lost his bid Wednesday to have the Supreme Court bar the saying of a prayer at President Bush's inauguration.

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist denied Michael Newdow's claim that a prayer at Thursday's ceremony would violate the Constitution by forcing him to accept unwanted religious beliefs.

In so doing, Rehnquist also rejected Newdow's request to recuse himself from the case because he is scheduled to swear in Bush. Newdow had argued that Rehnquist had become a willing fixture in a government ceremony "infused with sectarian Christian religion" and thus had a conflict of interest.

Rehnquist's order came without comment.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antitheist; atheists; churchandstate; collectivists; communists; marxists; radicalleftists; sorelosers
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1 posted on 01/19/2005 9:01:49 AM PST by GAWnCA
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To: GAWnCA

His next appeal will be to God. :~)


2 posted on 01/19/2005 9:03:44 AM PST by verity (The Liberal Media is America's Enemy)
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To: GAWnCA

One day to go and the party's already started!


3 posted on 01/19/2005 9:04:21 AM PST by jimfrommaine
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To: GAWnCA

Too bad they couldn't have fined him for wasting the court's time.


4 posted on 01/19/2005 9:04:51 AM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: GAWnCA; Congressman Billybob

One New York minute.


5 posted on 01/19/2005 9:05:42 AM PST by steveegg (The secret goal of lieberals - to ensure that no future generation can possibly equal theirs.)
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To: GAWnCA

Next, Newdow will demand to have the Declaration of Independence censored in all classrooms....ooops. Already been there, done that....


6 posted on 01/19/2005 9:05:50 AM PST by Paul Ross (Life is NOT like a box of chocolates...)
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To: verity

I still don't understand how he has the gall to
make such appeals to the courts with his own
background as a diploma-mill "reverend!"


7 posted on 01/19/2005 9:05:54 AM PST by Grendel9
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To: GAWnCA

"...Rehnquist's order came without comment...."

Except to FINALLY tell Newdow to S T F U!!!!!


8 posted on 01/19/2005 9:06:04 AM PST by NCC-1701 (ISLAM IS A CULT, PURE AND SIMPLE!!!!! IT MUST BE ERADICATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
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To: mainepatsfan

Indeed, sanctions were in order.


9 posted on 01/19/2005 9:06:19 AM PST by Paul Ross (Life is NOT like a box of chocolates...)
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To: GAWnCA

Looks like Rehinquist is feeling good enough to do the honors!


10 posted on 01/19/2005 9:06:26 AM PST by gopwinsin04
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To: GAWnCA

Michael Newdow is a reject! Thank God the adults are still in charge at the Supreme Court.


11 posted on 01/19/2005 9:07:12 AM PST by PilloryHillary
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To: GAWnCA

Newdow needs to get a life. Note to Newdow: You are fighting a losing battle, move on with your life you sorry loser.


12 posted on 01/19/2005 9:07:38 AM PST by conservativebabe
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To: jimfrommaine

"One day to go and the party's already started!"

Let the guffaws begin!


13 posted on 01/19/2005 9:08:59 AM PST by Socratic (Ignorant and free? It's not to be! - T. Jefferson (paraphrase))
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To: GAWnCA

How much repeated rejection do you think Newdow can take?


14 posted on 01/19/2005 9:09:11 AM PST by Clara Lou (Hillary Clinton: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.")
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To: Paul Ross

I'm sure Rhenquist and Bush will be thinking of him as the President puts his hand on the BIBLE to take the oath of office and of course it ends with -GASP!- the words "so help me God!".


15 posted on 01/19/2005 9:09:58 AM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: GAWnCA

How many times does this idiot have to be rejected before he gets the message?


16 posted on 01/19/2005 9:11:09 AM PST by rockabyebaby (What goes around, comes around!)
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To: TexKat; Gucho; Ernest_at_the_Beach; MEG33; Grampa Dave; gatorbait; PhilDragoo; potlatch; ...

America ping news information Thank you


17 posted on 01/19/2005 9:11:46 AM PST by anonymoussierra (Quo Vadis Domine? Quo Vadis? Thank you)
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To: verity

denied....denied...denied ! :> :'} :.}


18 posted on 01/19/2005 9:12:09 AM PST by newfrpr04
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To: GAWnCA
Rehnquist's order came without comment.

Newdow deserves no comment. The man is a flake with fake degrees, fake clergy licenses, no human sympathies, and no brains. It's a sad comment on the judiciary that the 9th Circuit Court even agreed to hear his case. And its a sad comment on the media that they have made this pathetic loser into a famous man.

It recalls Andy Warhol's comment, toward the beginning of the countercultural revolution, that everyone is entitled to his 15 minutes of fame.

Newdow's 15 minutes are up. The press just hasn't realized it yet.

19 posted on 01/19/2005 9:12:33 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: rockabyebaby
How many times does this idiot have to be rejected before he gets the message?

Until he is sanctioned for vexatious litigation.

20 posted on 01/19/2005 9:13:51 AM PST by Gorzaloon
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