(Washington, DC, February 14, 2012)--Yesterday afternoon the American Humanist Association argued in Massachusetts Superior Court that the state's constitutional equal rights amendment should bar the practice of public schools conducting a daily flag-salute exercise that utilizes the version of the Pledge of Allegiance that includes the phrase "under God."
This case, Jane Doe, et. als. v. Acton-Boxborough Regional School District et al, is particularly unique and important because the state's constitutional equal protection guarantees are the basis of the suit, not the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment. This same strategy could be replicated in other jurisdictions.
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