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Court reviewing presence of 'God': Judges asked to remove Him from motto, Pledge of Allegiance...

"Satanic delusions have been set upon the governments of the world, even as they seek to remove from your courthouses the words 'In God We Trust.' It shall now be, 'In Man We Trust, for Man Is Our God!' Woe to the inhabitants of the earth! The just hand of the Eternal Father is poised to strike you." - Our Lady of the Roses, May 13, 1978
 

WorldNetDaily reported on December 6, 2007:

A federal appeals court in California has been asked to remove "God" from the Pledge of Allegiance and U.S. currency in separate but related cases heard this week.

The arguments, in both cases, were before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco by Michael Newdow, a well-known atheist who has campaigned to remove acknowledgement of God from the public sphere.

As WND reported, Newdow also recently launched a new assault on the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance with a lawsuit filed on behalf of an anonymous New Hampshire couple against a school district.

The couple, an agnostic and atheist with three children, say in their complaint that they "generally, deny that God exists" and contend their constitutional rights are violated when school authorities require their children to "participate in making the purely religious, monotheistic claim that the United States is 'one nation under God.'"

Newdow previously sued over the inclusion of "under God" in the pledge because of his daughter's exposure to it in her California school. The self-described atheist said he did not want the third-grader to have to listen to the phrase "under God" in a public school.

After losing at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004, based on a ruling he didn't have standing to bring a complaint, Newdow returned to California and launched another case on behalf of anonymous parents in another school district, which resulted in a ruling from Judge Lawrence Karlton in Newdow's favor.

He also filed a separate action challenging the inclusion of the national motto "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, and both cases were before the appeals bench this week.

Brad Dacus, who directs the work of the Pacific Justice Institute, told WND his chief counsel, Kevin Snider, pointed out that the motto actually does not "endorse" religion, and to remove it actually would be an act of hostility toward religion.

"We pointed out to the court that the phrase 'In God We Trust' in no way amounts to an endorsement of any particular religion or sect," he told WND. "Courts have made clear distinctions between a generic acknowledgement of God and an endorsement of a particular religion."

He also said it was explained to the court that legal precedent in the United States has been to allow references to God "in a context that is commemorative or reflective of our nation's history or heritage."

Dacus also pointed out that should the motto be banned from currency, there still would be problems in the U.S., because the Declaration of Independence as well as the U.S. Constitution contain references to God or a Creator.

Ultimately, a decision to ban God would have far-reaching ramifications, he said.

"If the court rules that 'In God We Trust' is unconstitutional, then without question, we can easily see them invalidating any commemorative usages on public structures," Dacus told WND. "It was Justice Kennedy [who said] that would amount to effective state hostility to religion, not neutrality."

Kevin Hasson, president of the Becket Fund, argued the case addressing the Pledge of Allegiance.

Newdow in the earlier case succeeded in convincing the same court of the validity of his demands that such wording be censored.

But Hasson pre-empted Newdow's argument that "under God" violates his rights by pointing out that the phrase always has been used in American history to protect rights, not violate them.

That's because "God-given rights" are empowerments the government cannot take away, he noted.

"This is about a lot more than just how school kids start their day," he said. "It's about where the next generation thinks its rights come from – the creator or the state."

At Inside Catholic, writer Deal Hudson noted, "Michael Newdow may object to his daughter being required to utter the phrase 'under God,' but I will bet he would mind much more if her inalienable rights to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' were taken from her."

"It is vital that we prevail in both of these cases so that we can pass on to the next generation the heritage of faith and blessings of liberty that we have been given," Dacus said. "An atheist's right not to believe in God simply does not mean that all public acknowledgments of our nation's religious heritage must be silenced."

Newdow's first trip through the courts over the phrase "under God" in the pledge ended with the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his claim on technical grounds. Five justices found Newdow did not have the legal standing to bring the case. He never married his daughter's mother, who has expressed support for having "under God" in the pledge.

"To give the parent of such a child a sort of 'heckler's veto' over a patriotic ceremony willingly participated in by other students, simply because the Pledge of Allegiance contains the descriptive phrase 'under God,' is an unwarranted extension of the establishment clause, an extension which would have the unfortunate effect of prohibiting a commendable patriotic observance," then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote in rejecting Newdow's appeal.

The phrase "under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 by Congress. Two years later, Congress made "In God We Trust" the country's official motto.

As WND reported in May, the Texas Legislature voted to add the words "under God" to the state pledge.


 

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School prayer and the American flag

In 1962 and 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prayer in public schools was unconstitutional. In 1989, the Court ruled in Texas v. Johnson that a Texas Penal Code outlawing "the desecration of a venerated object" (such as the flag) was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court decided that burning the American flag was permitted. Our Lady of the Roses rejects both of these Supreme Court decisions: 

"My child and My children, prayer has not become a way of life for many.  That is why communism has got such a foothold in your country and in other countries of the world.  The prayers given to you in your childhood will be remembered always, I know, My children; but there are those who have not received these prayers in their schools, for prayer has been outlawed in many areas of your country and the world.  It took but a few without faith to bring down the flag, for even your country's flag is being defiled, My children.  I speak both of the United States and Canada, for when the great Tribulation falls upon them, they will have to hold each other up; for they cannot escape through the waters to get help.  They will not escape through the skies, but the number of dead will be counted in the millions.” – Our Lady, October 2, 1987

 

Contact your Congressman and Senator and tell them to restore our country to “one nation under God.” 
 

"I tell you for your own good, My children of the United States of America, that once was a nation under God and indivisible, that you will fall!  If you do not come out of your slumber now, you will fall!” – Our Lady of the Roses, June 18, 1992

 

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