Pledge of Allegiance controversy

A judge again found the sentence "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance to be unconstitutional, and I agree with that. This is definitely not the last we hear of this matter, since it will probably end up going all the way to the Supreme Court, that is being currently re-staked with freshly appointed right wingnuts by our failed president.

U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton ruled that the pledge's reference to one nation "under God" violates school children's right to be "free from a coercive requirement to affirm God." and declared the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools unconstitutional.

The ruling favors Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow's view:

"All it has to do is put the pledge as it was before, and say that we are one nation, indivisible, instead of dividing us on religious basis."

"Imagine every morning if the teachers had the children stand up, place their hands over their hearts, and say, 'We are one nation that denies God exists,'" Newdow said.

"I think that everybody would not be sitting here saying, 'Oh, what harm is that.' They'd be furious. And that's exactly what goes on against atheists. And it shouldn't."

And for that reason I agree with him and the judge in this case. I just hope that the Supreme Court, when they get the case, will rule according to the law, and not bow to the huge pressure from the religious right.