Heads up .....

[MsTryska]

i bet the wingnuts are gonna have a freakin baby over this "Activist Judge"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050914/ap_on_re_us/pledge_of_allegiance;_ylt=Aosl52SzyT010hD_JQltDvB7OyAi;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

"SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge declared the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools unconstitutional Wednesday in a case brought by the same atheist whose previous battle against the words "under God" was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court on procedural grounds.


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."

Karlton said he was bound by precedent of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which in 2002 ruled in favor of Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow that the pledge is unconstitutional when recited in public schools.

The Supreme Court dismissed the case last year, saying Newdow lacked standing because he did not have custody of his elementary school daughter he sued on behalf of." (incidentally - what type of dangling participle sentence is that?!)