Samantha Jones, a senior at Highland Regional High School, who in September 2014 sued to assure her right to say the phrase "one nation under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Posted on 09/24/2014 7:41:29 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A New Jersey high school student and her family have entered the ongoing legal battle over a lawsuit by an atheist group seeking to remove "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance.
Samantha Jones, a senior at Highland Regional High School in Blackwood, and her family filed an official response to a lawsuit by the American Humanist Association.
"If anyone wants to remain silent, that is their right. But it is not their right to silence me," said Jones in a statement.
"When I stand up, put my hand over my heart and say the Pledge of Allegiance, I am recognizing that my rights come from God, not from the government."
Jones is being represented by Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, an organization that offers legal defense of the "under God" phrase in past lawsuits.
In April, the legal arm of the American Humanist Association filed a lawsuit in New Jersey on behalf of a family that objected to their child attending a school where the pledge was said with "under God" included.
Filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, the suit was directed against the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District and its superintendent, David M. Healy.
"Public schools should not engage in an exercise that tells students that patriotism is tied to a belief in God," said David Niose, attorney for the AHA's Appignani Humanist Legal Center.
"Such a daily exercise portrays atheist and humanist children as second-class citizens, and certainly contributes to anti-atheist prejudices."
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Thank You Samantha ... God Love Ya!
“...and to the Republic for which it stood...”
Insufficiently indoctrinated. Perhaps she is salvagable but if not, she needs to be sent to a labor camp where she will learn obedience and loyalty to the party, state and Leader.
Thank you. Good to know there are still a few decent people in America. But they are a vanishing group.
We are about to surprise them, honest. America is Full of Decent People. My Promise!
Ahem, from the Declaration of Independence:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Hey, jerkwad -- the Founding Fathers were crystal clear on where Rights come from. As this intelligent young lady said, Rights come from God, whether or not you believe in Him. It is the cornerstone of our entire Republic.
Radar O’Reilly?
Awesome!
CPL Klinger?
RE: Awesome!
Yes, but will this court rule in her favor?
I think little attorney David needs to prove this statement: “Such a daily exercise portrays atheist and humanist children as second-class citizens, and certainly contributes to anti-atheist prejudices.”
“Public schools should not engage in an exercise that tells students that patriotism is tied to a belief in God,” said David Niose, attorney for the AHA’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center.
Could these people be any more ignorant? Have they never read any American History? Have they never read any writings by the people that founded America? Have they never read the U.S. Constitution?? Do they lack the ability to comprehend that our laws are based on Judea/Christian values/philosophy? That our society was based upon those same values? This is America. You are free to think you are all there is if that works for you. But you are not free from stopping any other American from acknowledge God and the link that God has with the founded of this Nation.
What a courageous young person! Will Governor Christie be impressed though?
there is no law or authority in this country that can prevent her from saying “under God” and she isn’t forcing others to do it
Good for her. I’m glad to see she’s taking a stand.
And she’s pretty too.
I read this thread with note, atheists get a complete pass for pulling this B. S.
Nobody zeros in on them. Very strange...
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