Posted on 11/13/2005 6:11:40 PM PST by Ellesu
SACRAMENTO, Calif. The atheist who's spent years trying to ban recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools says he'll file a new lawsuit this week.
Michael Newdow says he'll ask a federal court to order removal of the national motto "In God We Trust" from U-S coins and currency. He says it violates the religious rights of atheists who belong to his "First Amendment Church of True Science."
The church's "three suggestions" are "question, be honest and do what's right." Newdow says it wouldn't be right to take up a collection when the money says "In God We Trust."
Last year, the Supreme Court dismissed Newdow's lawsuit over the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance because he doesn't have custody of his daughter, in whose name the lawsuit was filed.
Newdow has resurrected that case by filing an identical lawsuit on behalf of two families.
Actually, I hope this gets enough publicity that the next POTUS candidates will have to go on record how they feel about it...
Newdow is just full of himself and is like a gnat buzzing everyone's heads...but, let's look on the positive side ..and use this as an opportunity for Hillary and others to "cast their vote" for God in our country, or not.
BTTT
Newdow needs an attitude adjustment.
I'll bet the @sshole is even offended by my D O G
His church needs to be abolished. Their beliefs offend me.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Obviously, his lawyer doesn't suffer from the same hangups as his client...
Like he pays everything -- with Soros' money, of course!
Maybe Michael should just stop using our money then. That would solve one of his problems.
Well done!!!
I don't know if that is true, but it would fit in with what Soros is doing.
As most egotistical zealots always do, Newdow has gone over the edge. He will be laughed out of town on this one.
Newdow is a puke.
Newdow is a POS that should have had his worthless tail kicked on a daily basis when he was a kid.
More likely than not, his "Daddy" was some worthless POS slimeball that was henpecked to the max by his old lady.
Remember when law suits were about Justice?
Judicial activism run amok
Posted: June 28, 2002
On June 26, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit struck again.
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Michael Newdow is a minister of atheism, ordained by the Universal Life Church. He says he will soon open his own church, the First Amendment Church of True Science, on the Internet. His daughter attends public elementary school in California. Under state law and school district policy, teachers begin each school day leading their students in the Pledge of Allegiance. They use the script first codified by Congress in 1942 and amended in 1954 by adding the words "under God."
Mr. Newdow objects to these two words. He does not object to his daughter being compelled to say them, because participation in the pledge is voluntary. He objects that his daughter must "watch and listen" to the words said by her classmates. His daughter exercising her freedom not to participate renders others exercising their right to participate an "establishment of religion" forbidden by the First Amendment.
He argued that the 1954 statute adding the "G" word to the pledge is unconstitutional. He wanted a federal judge to order the president to "repeal" the pledge by removing the offending words. (Note to Mr. Newdow: Just like you can't read the Constitution's First Amendment, you can't read its Articles I and II. The president cannot repeal a statute passed by Congress). He also wanted a federal judge to order Congress to remove the words. (Another note to Mr. Newdow: Read that Constitution some more, this time Article III – courts can't order Congress to pass legislation).
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This isn't the first time Mr. Newdow has gone to court attacking other people's freedom of religious speech. The Sacramento Bee reports that Mr. Newdow filed suit against President Bush after Rev. Franklin Graham's invocation at the 2000 presidential inauguration ceremony. When that suit got tossed out, Mr. Newdow then tried to sue Sen. Mitch McConnell, then-chairman of the committee in charge of the 2000 inaugural.
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As a very proud atheist (flame me at will I don't care about that either), the words that seriously offend me on the greenback are the ones that say "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private", which, in conjunction with the absence of the words "Redeemable in Gold / Silver", amounts to a very huge affront to my trust and intelligence.
Michael Newdow: "Look at me!"
Michael Newdow is more annoying than a wedgie.
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