State's Supreme Court to Hear Suit Against 'Under God' in Pledge
Atheist family sued Acton-Boxborough school district and Superintendent Stephen Mills last June.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court is considering an atheist family's suit against the Acton-Boxborough Regional School District that grabbed national attention last year, The Christian Post Reporter is reporting. The atheist Acton family, which has chosen to remain anonymous, sued the district, and Superintendent Stephen Mills, last June, declaring that saying “one nation under God” during the Pledge of Allegiance discriminates against their children. The Massachusetts Supreme Court recently announced that it would hear arguments in early May. One of the plaintiffs in the case is the American Humanist Association, with its legal branch the Appignani Humanist Legal Center helping to bring the suit forward, according to The CPR. According to a…
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Andrew Popelka
6:29 pm on Friday, March 29, 2013
This is absolutely selfish of them and truly interesting how one single atheistic family and their lawyer thinks that the phrase “under God” is discriminating against their children. If this phrase is prohibited, then I may take them to court for discriminating against religious children and their families. I am also able to waste taxpayers’ money by useless legal process, when I think about it… more ›