Saturday, September 14, 2013

Lawsuit: Pledge of Allegiance's under God discriminatory

A lawyer for an atheist family has asked Massachusetts' highest court to ban the practice of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in state public schools.

MORE: http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/metro-west/Lawsuit-Pledge-of-Allegiance-s-under-God-discriminatory/-/11983044/21775018/-/122hwh1/-/index.html

See also...

SJC hears atheists’ challenge to ‘under God’ in Pledge of Allegiance
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/09/sjc_hears_atheists_challenge_to_under_god_in_pledge_of

Mass. justices review Pledge of Allegiance
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/04/massachusetts-pledge-of-allegiance/2768071/

Doe v. Acton-Boxborough Regional School District
http://www2.suffolk.edu/sjc/archive/2013/SJC_11317.html

Watch the Oral Arguments from the Massachusetts Pledge of Allegiance Case
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/09/06/watch-the-oral-arguments-from-the-massachusetts-pledge-of-allegiance-case/

5 facts about the Pledge of Allegiance
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/09/04/5-facts-about-the-pledge-of-allegiance/

Attorney: 'Start from scratch' on pledge
http://www.lowellsun.com/local/ci_24021313/attorney-start-from-scratch-pledge

Fox News host: Atheists 'don't have to live here'
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/09/fox-news-host-atheists-dont-have-to-live-here/?hpt=us_bn3

Earlier...

Massachusetts Supreme Court to hear Pledge of Allegiance in schools case
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/03/massachusetts-supreme-court-to-hear-pledge-allegiance-in-schools-case/