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Lawmakers blast Pledge ruling: 'Political correctness run amok'
CNN ^ | Thursday, June 27, 2002

Posted on 06/27/2002 5:44:09 AM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:00:46 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- "Political correctness run amok" is how one senator is describing a court's ruling that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional.

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is an unconstitutional "endorsement of religion" because of the addition of the phrase "under God" in 1954 by Congress.


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Thursday, June 27, 2002

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1 posted on 06/27/2002 5:44:09 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2
Ever notice that liberals never use the term "political correctness" anymore?

Could it be that they are realizing that the term has become a joke, on its own?

2 posted on 06/27/2002 6:34:24 AM PDT by capt. norm
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