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Page B4 íhl’ Jlortlanh (©bscruer June 16, 2004 R eligion Wally Tesfa Residential C&R Broker Court Preserves 'God' in Pledge Case struck down on technicality (A P )— T he Suprem e C ourt pre served the phrase “one nation, un d er G od,” in the Pledge o f A lle giance, ruling M onday that a C ali fornia atheist could not challenge the patriotic oath but sidestepping the broader question o f separation o f church and state. T he decision leaves untouched the practice in w hich m illions o f schoolchildren around the country b e g in th e d ay by re c itin g the pledge. and others because he did not have T he court said atheist M ichael legal authority to speak for her. N ew dow could not sue to ban the N ew dow is in a protracted cu s pledge from his d au g h ter’s school tody fight with the g irl'sm o th er. He Kindergartners recite the Pledge o f Allegiance at Florence Markofer Elementary School in Elk Grove, Calif. (AP photo) does not have sufficient custody o f the child to qualify as her legal representative, the court said. “W hen hard questions o f do- Church Apologizes for Racist History (A P ) — A F lo rid a ch u rch that shunned blacks in 1964 apologized for the racist acts and honored tw o w om en w ho w ere turned aw ay as children. “W e regret o u r actions,” said Pas tor Pat T um er-S harpton o f First United M ethodist C hurch said Sunday at a “service o f reconciliation.” “W e regret the hurt w e caused you. W e ask your fo rg iv e n e ss.” An elderly w hite w om an had walked A udrey W illis and Janice B oles, both ch ild civ il rights activists, to the church in St. A ugustine, Fla. in 1964. A church leader told the w om an the girls w ere w eighty question o f federal co n sti tutional law ,” Justice John Paul Stevens w rote for the court. “ 1 may be the best father in the w orld,” N ew dow said shortly after the ruling w as announced. "S he spends 10 days a m onth w ith me. The suggestion that I d o n ’t have sufficient custody is ju s t incred ible. T his is such a blow for parental rig h ts.” T h e 1 0 - y e a r - o ld ’s m o th e r, S andra B anning, had told the court she has no objection to the pledge. T he ruling cam e exactly 50 years after C ongress added the disputed w ords “under G o d ” to w hat had been a secular patriotic oath. m estic relations are sure to affect the outcom e, the prudent course is for the federal court to stay its hand rather than reach out to resolve a A not w elcom e, B oles said. ‘T h e deacon said, ‘Y ou can com e in, but the little m onkeys have to stay o u tsid e,’“ B oles said. W illis described being arrested when she tried to en ter the church. “If I had to do it o v er again, I w ould,” she said. 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