The atheist who originally filed a lawsuit to ban the words “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance is at it again.
He won the case in a federal appeals court but was shot down by the U.S. Supreme Court because he did not have custody of his daughter and because her mother objected to the lawsuit.
He’s re-filed the lawsuit with a group of parents (and without his daughter) in California. This time when it reaches the Supreme Court, the Court will either have to rule on it, or allow whatever decision the appeals court reaches to stand.
One fails to understand why he filed the original lawsuit in the first place; he did not have custody of his daughter and so could not (and cannot) make decisions for her without the approval of his ex-wife. It sounds like he tried to use his daughter to score political points and got slapped down the last time.
This time he’s recruited a small group to give his cause more legitimacy.
Barring unforeseen legal turns, there will be a decision this time and no postponements.
If the high court rules in favor of keeping “under God” in the Pledge, then this issue will finally be laid to rest and the vast majority of Americans will be satisfied with the outcome. Polls are overwhelmingly in favor of this result.
One would hope that IF the Court rules that “under God” is unconstitutional that the majority of people continue to use “under God” in the Pledge when they say it to show their disapproval of the court decision and to make the minority squirm with the knowledge that the First Amendment trumps their court-imposed God-ban.
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