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June 16, 2004
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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.
T he church voted to accept all w or­
shippers shortly after the g irls' arrests,
but the m em ory o f that incident has
resu rfaced y early , T u rn er-S h arp to n
said.
“ If w e could, w e’d go back and undo
it,” he said.
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