Pledge Ruled Unconstitutional

"U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton declared the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools unconstitutional Wednesday."

"Karlton ruled that the pledge's reference to one nation "under God" violates school children's right to be "free from a coercive requirement to affirm God."

(Just WHO is forcing and coercing these children to utter "under God"?)

"Karlton wrote that the case concerned "the ongoing struggle as to the role of religion in the civil life of this nation" and added that his opinion "will satisfy no one involved in that debate."

(Not true -- it will satisfy at least one atheist.)

"Karlton dismissed claims that the 1954 Congressional legislation inserting the words "under God" was unconstitutional. If his ruling stands, he reasoned that the school children and their parents in the case would not be harmed by the phrase because they would no longer have to recite it at school."

(Here's a novel approach: let the phrase "under God" be optional. Simple and harmless.)
--LynZee