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Direct linkHendrie, Caroline – Education Week, 2004
This article reports on a lawsuit filed by Michael A. Newdow, a California atheist, on behalf of his daughter, against inclusion of the words "under God" in public schools' recitals of the United States Pledge of Allegiance. He said that the words "under God" represent "religious dogma" that is needlessly divisive.…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Position Papers, Court Litigation, Religious Conflict
Hendrie, Caroline – Education Week, 2004
This article reports on the fiery California atheist who lost his bid at the U.S. Supreme Court to get "under God" stricken from the Pledge of Allegiance. Dr. Michael A. Newdow, an emergency-room physician with a law degree who represented himself before the Supreme Court in the high-profile case against the Elk Grove, California, school…
Descriptors: School Districts, Court Litigation, State Church Separation, Constitutional Law
