Supreme Court to hear arguments on pledge of allegiance.

From: The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) | Date: March 21, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Allen Pusey

WASHINGTON _ The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday will hear a divorced father from California argue that neither his daughter nor anyone else should have to utter the words "under God" when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

By any measure, he has his work cut out for him.

The father, Michael Newdow, is a medical doctor, a lawyer and an atheist. He'll be arguing the case for himself by himself. His daughter and her mother say they want no part of his crusade. Even some sympathetic libertarian groups say they fear it distracts from more essential ...

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