"One Nation Under God"

The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, regarded by many as the most liberal judiciary in the country, made a 2-1 ruling that the phrase "One Nation Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional. Check this article out for the messy details.

A couple of facts I found interesting in this article:

• Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Democrat from S.D., calls the ruling "just nuts". hahaha
  
• In a 99-0 vote, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday backed a resolution supporting the pledge and instructed its legal counsel to intervene in the case while 100 members of Congress recited the pledge on the Capitol steps.
  
• Part of the opening ceremony for Supreme Court proceedings is ``God save the United States and this honorable court.''
  
• The man who filed the lawsuit, an atheist, claims his daughter was harmed by "the ritual" that is the Pledge of Allegiance. His daughter was in 1st grade at the time.

It'll be interesting to see how the Supreme Court rules on this case.

This webpage has some interesting observations about the First Amendment and the doctrine of "Separation of Church & State".
posted by G at 1:48 AM   |

in?scrip?tion (n-skrip-shun)n.
1. The act or an instance of inscribing.
2. Something, such as the wording on a coin, medal, monument, or seal, that is inscribed.
3. A short, signed message in a book or on a photograph given as a gift.
4. The usually informal dedication of an artistic work.
5. Jeremiah 31:33