🚀 go-pugleaf

"Jeff Strickland" <spamcatcher@yahoo.net> wrote:

>:|
>:|Conversely, billions of dollars have been spent to build democracy and
>:|spread freedom across Iraq. Those grateful for what we have done take my
>:|view of things.


Only a moron, or right wing radical religious right type would take your
vieew on anything

Hey jeffy the Pledge is back in the courts again 

In our email:


From: FirstAmendmist@ [delete]
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 20:06:47 EST
Subject: Re: Jefferson quote:  Is it real?
To: jalison@[delete]

[me]
> The fella might like the following as well:

[Mike]
I'm sending your info on to him.

Thanks!

I hope your cold gets better soon.

PS - If I didn't tell you already, the new Pledge case gets filed this week
(I hope).

Mike
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From: FirstAmendmist@[delete]
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 11:00:02 EST
Subject: Re: Jefferson quote:  Is it real?
To: jalison@[delete]

Do you have a copy of the brief?

All materials are now available online:

(a) Go to www.restorethepledge.com
(b) Click on "Current Litigation" (on the left)
(c) Click on "Click here for the briefs, orders, etc" for the case of 
interest 

Mike
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http://www.restorethepledge.com/

New challenge to "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Click here to read the Complaint filed on January 3, 2005
http://www.restorethepledge.com/litigation/pledge/docs/2005-01-03%20complaint.pdf

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.

Above is the version of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United
States of America first approved by the Congress in 1942. It evokes
feelings of patriotism and unity, and brings together the vastly different
cultures, ethnicities, languages and backgrounds that form the common
experience called America. It reaffirms our commitment to the freedoms
guaranteed in our Constitution, and reflects the foundation of that amazing
document: that diversity is a blessing which only strengthens our nation.
This is especially true concerning religion, which the Framers recognized
as uniquely divisive, causing them to set forth that "Congress shall make
no law respecting an establishment of religion."

We have done well since those first ten words of the Bill of Rights (i.e.,
the "Establishment Clause") were written in 1789, and generally held true
to that principle. Yet, in 1954 - fueled by the Cold War and blinded by
McCarthyism - Congress violated its oath. After sixty-two secular years,
the Pledge - first introduced by a private magazine in 1892 - was changed.
Our elected officials felt it necessary to inject religion into the Pledge,
and "under God" was interlarded into that promise which had previously
embraced all Americans.

Currently there is a legal drive to remove those words. "God" in the Pledge
has caused the divisiveness, discrimination and exclusion that the Framers
specifically sought to prevent. Yes, the majority of Americans believe in
God, and they nearly unanimously find no objection in the Pledge's current
rendition. But that is precisely why we have a Bill of Rights - to prevent
tyranny by the majority, and to protect the rights of minorities. Our
Constitution forbids government from endorsing religious views, and those
who choose not to believe in a deity should never be made to feel like
"outsiders," as is now the case.

The words are "liberty and justice for all." The Pledge should be a
unifying experience for every citizen. Placing a religious ideal into its
midst is not right, and serves no purpose except to alter a purely
patriotic tradition into one that satisfies the religious bent of the
majority. That is exactly what the First Amendment was written to preclude.
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Mike Newdow's Litigation Page
The Pledge of Allegiance Lawsuit
Current Status:
On January 3, 2005, a new lawsuit was filed challenging the words "under
God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. Having had a practice run all the way to
the Supreme Court, and with the opinions of three justices already
released, this litigation should be even stronger than the last. This case
was filed in the Ninth Circuit. Additional cases are planned for each of
the other Circuits as well.
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January 3, 2005

Michael Newdow, in pro per and as counsel
CA SBN: 220444
PO Box 233345
Sacramento, CA 95823
916-427-6669
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Civil Action No.
THE REV. DR. MICHAEL A. NEWDOW, IN PRO PER;
JAN DOE AND PAT DOE, PARENTS; DOECHILD, A MINOR CHILD;
JAN POE; PARENT; POECHILD, A MINOR CHILD;
JAN ROE; PARENT; ROECHILD-1 AND ROECHILD-2, MINOR CHILDREN;
Plaintiffs,
v.
THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA;
THE ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (�EGUSD�);
DR. STEVEN LADD, SUPERINTENDENT, EGUSD;
THE LINCOLN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (�LUSD�);
JANET PETSCHE, ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT, LUSD;
THE SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (�SCUSD�);
DR. M. MAGDALENA CARRILLO MEJIA, SUPERINTENDENT, SCUSD;
THE ELVERTA JOINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT (�EJESD�);
DR. DIANNA MANGERICH, SUPERINTENDENT, EJESD;
THE RIO LINDA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT (�RLUSD�);
FRANK S. PORTER, SUPERINTENDENT, RLUSD;
Defendants.
http://www.restorethepledge.com/litigation/pledge/docs/2005-01-03%20complaint.pdf