SAN FRANCISCO -- A Sacramento atheist made an ardent plea to a federal appeals court Tuesday to respect his religion and remove the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" from U.S. currency.
"I want to be treated equally," said Michael Newdow, who argued both cases consecutively to a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. "They want to have their religious views espoused by the government."
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