New twist to pledge case. Little girl wanted to say 'under God'. Dad used her.

[Lincoln]

What if her mother does not agree?

[Lincoln]

Well then Lemmy, why do they go to so much bother to censor his name? The words in question are 'under God' not organized religion.

[Lemmy]

dunno, i was just pointing out that you should read posts more carefully, especially if you're quoting them

[Lemmy]

maybe because the word "God" represents an organized religion, or at least refers to it.

[MarkG]

there is no such thing as "unorganized religion"

[Lincoln]

Yea, that's good advice. You should read the question before you respond as well.

[Lincoln]

The word's in question are 'under God' etc. etc.

[drake]

Wow, what a pathetic loser that Newdow guy is. Guy needs a kick to the nuts if ya ask me.

Where do all these yahoos come from

[Lincoln]

Originally posted by Asher


This is funny.

How convenient is this? And why is it that the only place talking about it is WorldNetDaily, your FREE DAILY CHRISTIAN NEWS service?

Good point. I'll check with the United Atheists For Seperation of God and State website and see if it is on their front page. Give me a minute... No, It isn't there for some reason.

[Carver]

Originally posted by drake
Where do all these yahoos come from

Yahoos are people that don't think Rodney King was a victim. The police are there to do a job, not to get their jollies needlessly beating up people.

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by MarkG
hold it. she is a religious person, and a very active one
her husband is an atheist activist who wants to raise their daughter as an atheist.

still, the little girls goes to church every sunday without the objection of the father, who uses his daughter in a lawsuit without the objection of the mother?!?!?

i have this to say: AND FISH FLY

Court records show Newdow and Banning embroiled in a custody battle over the daughter. Calls to both were not returned. A call to Banning's attorney was not immediately returned.

Divorce court is actually America's only true bloodsport.

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by Carver


Yahoos are people that don't think Rodney King was a victim. The police are there to do a job, not to get their jollies needlessly beating up people.

What does Rodney King have to do with this?

[MarkG]

thank you sprayber, i have my sanity back
i wasnt patient enough to read the whole thing

[Rufus T. Firefly]

What you Europeans fail to grasp is that the phrase "Under God" is not ideological but merely descriptive:

We burned women to death in Salem, Mass. -- in the name of God (they were witches, after all; if we let them live, they'd eventually encourage our children to read Harry Potter).

We exterminated whole peoples living in North America -- because God gave this land to us, not them (and how do we know? God told us so).

We justified the existence of slavery in the South -- in the name of God (blacks being the children of Ham and therefore condemned to servitude; as Kent Brockman once said, "It's in the Bible, people!").

We passed laws against the employment of the Irish -- in the name of God (Who, everyone knows, is a Protestant).

We looked the other way as the Ku Klux Klan ran amok, committing violence against blacks, Jews, and Catholics -- while marching under the symbol of the Cross.

We curtailed federal investigations of abortion clinic bombing -- because those bombing were the work of God-loving Christians.

We are a nation Under God -- in much the same way that Italy was once a nation Under Mussolini. God help us all.

[Gibsie]

Atheists don't want "under God" in for the same reason Christians wouldn't want a term like, "Separate from a non-existent God". If that line was in the pledge, you'd complain about it, wouldn't you?

And if not, why not? You complain about every other thing involving atheists.