Georgia Republican instructs House on proper Pledge of Allegiance technique
April 15th, 2008 | by jeff | | Post to NewsCloud »
The pledge had no reference to a diety until 1954, when Cold War fever saw its inclusion to separate Americans from "godless Communists." The Supreme Court dismissed a case arguing that the phrase violated the First Amendment’s guarantees of freedom of religion because the plaintiff had no standing to argue the case, not because of any inherent legal justification for the phrase.
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