Looks Like "Under God" Will Stay

Posted By Blackfive • [March 24, 2004]

Bloomberg is reporting that it looks like "Under God" will stay in the Pledge of Allegiance based on statements made by Chief Justice Rehnquist.

Pledge of Allegiance, `Under God' Backed at U.S. Supreme Court
March 24 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled they have few concerns about the practice of asking public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance with the phrase ``under God.'' Several justices questioned Newdow's contention that the pledge, with its reference to ``one nation, under God,'' is akin to a prayer and thereby violates the constitutional separation of church and state. <...> ``You may disagree that it's 'under God.' You may disagree that it's `liberty and justice for all,''' Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist said, referring to another part of the pledge. ``That doesn't make it a prayer.''

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Looks Like "Under God" Will Stay

Bloomberg is reporting that it looks like "Under God" will stay in the Pledge of Allegiance based on statements made by Chief Justice Rehnquist.

Pledge of Allegiance, `Under God' Backed at U.S. Supreme Court
March 24 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled they have few concerns about the practice of asking public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance with the phrase ``under God.'' Several justices questioned Newdow's contention that the pledge, with its reference to ``one nation, under God,'' is akin to a prayer and thereby violates the constitutional separation of church and state. <...> ``You may disagree that it's 'under God.' You may disagree that it's `liberty and justice for all,''' Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist said, referring to another part of the pledge. ``That doesn't make it a prayer.''

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