Court bars `under God' pledge. (News).(religious language in Pledge of Allegiance, parent objects to school recitation)(Brief Article)

From: The Christian Century | Date: July 3, 2002| Author: Dart, John | Copyright information

AN APPEALS court decision that the Pledge of Allegiance--with its phrase "under God"--is unconstitutional ignited an emotional firestorm that produced about as much heat as the mountain states' raging forest fires. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled June 26 that Congress violated the First Amendment when it passed a law in 1954 adding to the pledge the words supporting monotheism. But the initial tides of reaction, including the likelihood of an appeal, ...

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