CPI Exclusive: Daughter, Mother: Leave God in the Pledge

Conservative Press International ^ | July 1, 2002 | Peter Forman

[CPI News]

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said on Wednesday, June 26 that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional. The court ruled that the words "under God" is a particular endorsement of religion that violates the Constitution's Establishment Clause requiring a separation between church and state.

An atheist, Michael A. Newdow of California, whose daughter attended a local elementary school, filed the lawsuit. The suit claims that the Pledge of Allegiance being recited by a teacher harms her rights.

However, breaking revelations surrounding the case have led people to question the legitimacy of the suit. Based on information obtained by CPI News, a startling new fact has been unearthed regarding the personal opinions of Michael Newdow's daughter and her mother.

According to information, the man who filed the legal suit in June did so against the wishes of his daughter and her mother, both of which identify themselves as Christians and attend a Calvary Chapel.

By identifying themselves as Christians, the daughter presumably didn't become uncomfortable when reciting or objected to the Pledge of Allegiance - an action that directly contradicts the essence of the lawsuit.

However, Dr. Michael Newdow, who is an emergency room doctor with a law degree, said that the pledge harmed his daughter's First Amendment rights because she had to "watch and listen as her state-employed teacher in her state-run school leads her classmates in a ritual proclaiming that there is a God, and that ours is `one nation under God.'"

www.cpinews.net/archives/2002-q3/pledge.ruling.daughter/

[smith288]

Priceless.

[dennisw]

Does atheist daddy have custody? Newdow sure gives this impression!

[big'ol_freeper]

You mean he lied? I find it hard to believe a liberal would use that tactic to get what he wants. < /sarcasm>

[The Energizer]

In the interview I heard, the father admitted this was more about him than the daughter, who voluntarily recited the pledge.

[Fzob]

If true, this is fascinating.

[TxBec]

.. the plot thickens ..

[scan58]

bump

[smith288]

Another reason the 9th should be dismantled.

[Roscoe]

According to information, the man who filed the legal suit in June did so against the wishes of his daughter and her mother, both of which identify themselves as Christians and attend a Calvary Chapel.

Shades of Roe v Wade.

[xsmommy]

i just saw this, i want that weasel-butted guy thrown out of court.

[TxBec]

:: handing you my boxing gloves ::

[Paul Atreides]

This also sounds like a get-back-at-the-ex tactic as well.

He's an emergency room doctor, huh? I'd like to see him try to stop a victim's family praying for their loved one.

This just goes to show how stupid the Ninth Circuit looks. The lawsuit was brought up on fraudulent evidence. Even if it hadn't been fraudulent, it was a stupid decision. Can he be charged with anything?

[Poohbah]

If true, then Newdow perpetrated a fraud on the court. And after getting slammed by the Dems AND the Pubbies, the judge will be looking to roll some--er, uh, stuff, yeah, that's it, STUFF--downhill, and Newdow is at the bottom of the hill.

Whoopsie.

[Miss Marple]

Ha! I was right! He WAS harassing the mother with this lawsuit!!

[r9etb]

of his daughter and her mother, both of which identify themselves as Christians and attend a Calvary Chapel.

Mr. Newdow wouldn't have been caught objectifying women in this way .... ;-)

(He'd rather objectify his daughter as an atheist stalking horse, but that's a different matter.)

[TADSLOS]

An atheist, coward and a liar....aren't they one in the same really?

[colorado tanker]

The wires reported today that this is part of a domestic dispute. Newdow lost custody of his daughter in a divorce and got his law degree to fight the "family court system." Sounds like the court made the right call to me on custody. This guy is a real piece of work.

[brazos.357]

Athiest's.....God only knows what they will try next!

[Poohbah]

This guy sounds like he's going to be the subject of a "Bailiff, slap his pee-pee!" order...