MS Judge Again Asks Courtroom to Say Pledge

Miss. Judge Again Asks Courtroom to Say Pledge After Jailing Lawyer for Refusing


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The Supreme Court ruled nearly 70 years ago that schoolchildren couldn't be forced to say the pledge, a decision widely interpreted to mean no one could be required to recite it.

I'm speechless. The judge needs a reminder copy of the First Amendment," said Judith Schaeffer, a Washington attorney who, along with Lampley, successfully sued the Pontotoc school district in northern Mississippi in the 1990s to stop students from praying over the intercom.

Lampley also was victorious representing a Ku Klux Klan leader when a county in the Mississippi Delta tried to prevent a rally.

"Danny's going to stand up for everybody's principles," she said. "Danny loves the Constitution. He's a staunch defender of constitutional rights."

Littlejohn is in his mid-70s and has been a chancery judge for eight years, presiding mainly over divorces and child custody disputes. He was a state lawmaker, prosecutor and city judge before then. He's also a Sunday School teacher at First Baptist Church of New Albany and is known for running an orderly, professional courtroom.

"He respects God and he respects the flag," Alcorn County Chancery Clerk Bobby Marolt said.

The Pledge of Allegiance has faced challenges since it was published in 1892.

In 1943, the Supreme Court ruled that children in public schools could not be forced to salute the flag and say the pledge. In 1954, the words "under God" were added to the pledge, when members of Congress at the time said they wanted to set the United States apart from "godless communists."

In March, an appellate court upheld references to God on U.S. currency and in the Pledge of Allegiance, rejecting arguments they violate the constitutional separation of church and state.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/07/miss-judge-jails-attorney-reciting-pledge/?test=latestnews

What the article didn't say:

California atheist fails in quest to topple Pledge

By Tony Mauro
Special to First Amendment Center Online
06.15.04

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/analysis.aspx?id=13524

US Supreme Court overturns Pledge of Allegiance ruling on technical grounds
By Don Knowland
1 July 2004

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/jul2004/pldg-j01.shtml

Atheist Loses 2nd "Under God" Court Appeal
Federal Panel Rejects Michael Newdow's Attempt to Get "God" Stricken from Pledge of Allegiance, Cash
SAN FRANCISCO, March 12, 2010

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The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected two legal challenges by Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow, who said the references to God are unconstitutional and infringe on his religious beliefs.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/12/national/main6291463.shtml

So, a known Athiest,Michael Newdow, admitted that his religious belief is athiesm. This is what all this boils down to. He is angry that he cannot take GOD out of our Country's HISTORY.