Pledge Declared Unconstitutional

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the Pledge of Allegiance is an unconstitutional endorsement of religion and cannot be recited in schools.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 1954 act of Congress inserting the phrase "under God" after the words "one nation" in the pledge. The court said the phrase violates the so-called Establishment Clause in the Constitution that requires a separation of church and state.
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This is something that has bugged me for a long time. I can see the right wing Christians clutching at their hearts and shaking violently. Maybe their heads will explode.