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Atheist plans lawsuit challenging motto on U.S. currency (Michael Newdow)
ap on Monterey Herald ^ | 11/13/05 | ap - Sacramento

Posted on 11/13/2005 8:56:39 PM PST by NormsRevenge

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - An atheist who has spent years trying to ban recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is now challenging the national motto printed on U.S. currency.

Michael Newdow said Sunday that he planned to file a federal lawsuit this week asking for the removal of the national motto, "In God We Trust," from U.S. coins and dollar bills. He claims it's an unconstitutional endorsement of religion and "excludes people who don't believe in God."

Newdow, a Sacramento doctor and lawyer who is an avowed atheist, used a similar argument when he challenged the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools because it contains the words "under God." He took his fight to the U.S. Supreme Court, which in 2004 said he lacked standing to bring the case because he didn't have custody of his daughter.

An identical lawsuit later brought by Newdow on behalf of parents with children in three Sacramento-area school districts is pending with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, after a judge sided with the plaintiffs in September.

Newdow said his efforts are not spurred by an atheistic agenda, but rather by a desire to see the government adhere to the U.S. Constitution. He dismissed opponents' arguments that references to God in government honor the country's religious roots, saying constitutional rights should take precedent.

"It's not the history that counts. It's not the patriotism. What it is, is these people want to get their religious views in our government," he said.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: atheist; challenging; currency; ingodwetrust; lawsuit; motto; newdow
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1 posted on 11/13/2005 8:56:41 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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nearly identical article with 125 replies
2 posted on 11/13/2005 8:59:45 PM PST by thoughtomator (Bring Back HCUA!)
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To: thoughtomator
More Here
3 posted on 11/13/2005 9:01:26 PM PST by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
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To: NormsRevenge

This guy has waaayyyyyyy too much time on his hands.


4 posted on 11/13/2005 9:02:20 PM PST by WillamShakespeare (What is a John Kerry?)
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To: thoughtomator

Let's hope this case is in the Supreme Court and on the front page of the major newspapers in . . . October 2006.


5 posted on 11/13/2005 9:02:46 PM PST by atomicweeder
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To: NormsRevenge

An atheist who has spent years trying to ban recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is now challenging the national motto printed on U.S. currency.

---Tell him to leave the country and live elsewhere or use checks. No one cares what HE wants.

Michael Newdow said Sunday that he planned to file a federal lawsuit this week asking for the removal of the national motto, "In God We Trust," from U.S. coins and dollar bills. He claims it's an unconstitutional endorsement of religion and "excludes people who don't believe in God."

----That works both ways, pal.It's unconstitutional for YOU to take OUR belief in God away as well. Bet you don't mind spending it when you want something.


6 posted on 11/13/2005 9:02:56 PM PST by WasDougsLamb (Just my opinion.Go easy on me........)
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To: NormsRevenge
Might I suggest, "In Keynes We Trust".
7 posted on 11/13/2005 9:08:57 PM PST by AdamSelene235 (Truth has become so rare and precious she is always attended to by a bodyguard of lies.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Speaking of money .... I wonder how much this guy will make from this. Michael Newdow may become a professional law suit maker attacking every corner of America with God mentioned. He may make a name for himself and make allot of green paper with "In God We Trust" printed on them.


8 posted on 11/13/2005 9:11:39 PM PST by GregoTX (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: NormsRevenge

A doctor AND a lawyer. Okay, if you don't like your Federal Reserve Notes saying 'In God We Trust', send them all to me, and I will make sure they are properly disposed...


9 posted on 11/13/2005 9:12:11 PM PST by real saxophonist (The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. Semper Fi)
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To: thoughtomator

Thanks!


10 posted on 11/13/2005 9:13:06 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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"It's not the history that counts. It's not the patriotism. What it is, is these people want to get their religious views in our government," he said.
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You doofus, it's RELIGIOUS VIEWS that created our government!!
I think this guy thinks he's the next Madeline Murray O'Hare or something. Give it a break, Michael. Make money some other way.


11 posted on 11/13/2005 9:17:19 PM PST by pillut48 (CJ in TX)
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To: NormsRevenge
If this jackass wants his money to not have "In God We Trust" on it, then I suggest he move somewhere that doesn't have such things on their currency.

Here's a start:


12 posted on 11/13/2005 9:20:53 PM PST by Prime Choice (Never excuse treason as "dissent.")
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To: WasDougsLamb
Newdow is a sad little man who probably got sand kicked in his face as a kid. Today, he visions himself as some sort of Charles Atlas stud, out to save the world from his own sand bullies: Christians & God.

Michael Newdow is cut from the same cloth as Cindy Sheehan. He either truly believes in what he's doing, or he totally feeds off of people hating him. Whatever the reason, nothing constructive will come of this. What a sad waste of time, energy, money, and resources.

13 posted on 11/13/2005 9:22:39 PM PST by kromike
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You hit the nail on the head. He's exactly like Sheehan. He is a media hound, pure and simple. He just wants the attention. He thrives off the negativity he gets in return. He's like the little snot nosed loser kid in school.


14 posted on 11/13/2005 9:27:53 PM PST by Earendil
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I think it's about a kind of narcissistic martyr complex. It's about their need for an identity and to feel "special". Most "do gooders" are infected with this need.
15 posted on 11/13/2005 9:38:27 PM PST by garyhope (.)
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To: NormsRevenge
In God We Trust

In Atheist Anarchist Liberal Politically Correct ACLU Assholes We Don't

16 posted on 11/13/2005 9:38:43 PM PST by april15Bendovr
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To: Earendil

Soon to be extinct: apple pie and grandma.


17 posted on 11/13/2005 9:41:15 PM PST by CheyennePress
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To: NormsRevenge

Does this guy have a life?


18 posted on 11/13/2005 9:52:56 PM PST by roylene
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To: NormsRevenge

If anybody needs a good dose of bird flu it's michael newdow.


19 posted on 11/13/2005 10:10:24 PM PST by dc-zoo
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To: Earendil

Exactly. Like Sheehan, and like Tom Mauser. Thriving off the attention, while exploiting one's child. Only Newdow's child is still alive to disagree with him.


20 posted on 11/13/2005 10:10:38 PM PST by real saxophonist (The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. Semper Fi)
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