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WASHINGTON - In an unusually raucous session, the Supreme Court grappled Wednesday with whether the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance violates the constitutional separation of church and state or a is merely a benign reference in a patriotic oath recited daily by school children.
Atheist Michael Newdow told the justices that the Constitution bars public schools from coercing children into pledging a belief in God. Newdow said his local Sacramento, Calif., school board essentially tells his elementary school daughter that "her father is wrong" when it calls on students to put their hands over their heart and pledge fealty to "one nation under God."See the full content of this document
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`Under God' Under Fire; Court Hears Pleas On Pledge
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