'Under God' in Court

The ColumbianMarch 25, 2004

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WASHINGTON -- Not long after the Supreme Court came to order Wednesday with the invocation, "God save the United States and this honorable court," the justices were deep in a wrenching argument over whether millions of public schoolchildren may continue pledging allegiance to one nation "under God."

The religious reference in the Pledge of Allegiance, a California atheist argued, is an unconstitutional government promotion of religion in his daughter's third-grade classroom.

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'Under God' in Court

"I am an atheist. I don't believe in God," Michael Newdow told the justices and a rapt, packed courtroom, arguing ...

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