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1. • • The case before the Supreme Court is an appeal of a lower court ruling last year, in which a Massachusetts judge found that the phrase in the Pledge did not violate the state's equal protection guarantees. The judge ruled that including the phrase "under God" in a voluntary statement of patriotism does not "convert the exercise into a prayer."
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   Did 'under God' be removed from the pledge of allegiance?

   • No further action was taken. Rev. Dr. Michael Newdow, Esq., whose lawsuit to remove the phrase “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance was dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004 for a “lack of standing,” has joined two anonymous parents to file a new lawsuit on the same matter in New Hampshire.

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   Is the pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional?

   • The Unconstitutionality of God in the Pledge of Allegiance,” published in the Summer 2003 issue of Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review: “‘Under God’ may be only two words, but they reflect a pervasive pattern of government behavior the suppresses the development of atheistic and nontheistic beliefs.

   Should the Words “under God” Be in the US Pledge of Allegiance?

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   Should 'under God' be added to the pledge of allegiance?

   • “The phrase ‘under God’ should never have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance. This measure was designed to pander to political and religious interests and thereby transformed a secular affirmation into a religious oath. Those who insist that it’s not religious should ask themselves how they would feel if it read ‘under no God’ or ‘under Allah.’

   Should the Words “under God” Be in the US Pledge of Allegiance?

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   What are some facts about the pledge of allegiance?

   • With the school year getting underway around the country, here are five facts about the Pledge of Allegiance and its legal history: The original version of the Pledge of Allegiance did not include the words “under God.”

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   When did 'under God' become a pledge of allegiance?

   • "The organized movement for adding 'under God' to the Pledge of Allegiance can be traced to a resolution adopted by the [Knights of Columbus'] national board of directors in April 1951, at the height of the Korean War.

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   Is the 'under God' pledge constitutional?

   • If there are any circumstances which permit an exception, they do not now occur to us.” In 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted a case (Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow) that challenged the use of “under God” in the Pledge, but the high court did not rule on the question of whether the Pledge is constitutional under the First Amendment.

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   Sep 3, 2013 · Children don't have to say the Pledge of Allegiance, opposing lawyer says. Case will be heard on Wednesday by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

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   Sep 4, 2013 · The Massachusetts Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that examines whether the “under God” clause in the Pledge of Allegiance makes the state’s daily recitation of the Pledge in...

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   Jul 14, 2021 · May 9, 2014 - Massachusetts Supreme Court Upholds 'Under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance "Massachusetts' highest court ruled Friday [May 9, 2014] that the Pledge of Allegiance does not discriminate against atheists, saying that the words 'under God' represent a patriotic, not a religious, exercise...

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   Jan 31, 2018 · Congress inserted the phrase ‘One Nation Under God’ in the Pledge of Allegiance for the express purpose of reaffirming America’s unique understanding of this truth, and to distinguish America from atheistic nations who recognize no higher authority than the State.” Jan. 12, 2004

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   Sep 4, 2013 · The current Massachusetts case challenges the Pledge from a different perspective than did Michael Newdow, who argued that “under God” in the Pledge violates the prohibition on the establishment of religion in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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   Jun 11, 2012 · The Pledge of Allegiance is being challenged in a lawsuit by the hypersecularist group American Humanist Association, which asked Judge Haggerty to declare the words ‘under God’ unconstitutional and to prohibit recitation of the Pledge in Massachusetts schools.

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    2 days ago · There, to mark the Columbus quatercentenary, he claimed to have penned what we know as the Pledge of Allegiance and devised a flag-salute ritual. (In 2022, evidence surfaced that Bellamy might have stolen the idea from a teenager in Kansas.) The Pledge idea might have been part of a plot by the magazine to sell U.S. flags to schools, but no matter.