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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (268000)	6/28/2002 11:57:20 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

'In God We Trust' Is Next Thursday, June 27, 2002 newsmax.com After those two judges in San Francisco censored the Pledge of Allegiance, some people wondered if the national motto, "In God We Trust," would be next. Guess what: It is. Michael Newdow, the California atheist and self-promoter extraordinaire who was behind the ruling, told CNN he would fight to remove all references to God from government, including from U.S. currency. "One day I was just looking at the coins is what brought this up," Newdow said. "I saw 'In God We Trust' on my coins. I said, 'I don't trust in God,' what is this? "And I recalled there was something in the Constitution that said you're not allowed to do that, and so I did some research. And as soon as I did the research, I realized the law seemed to be on my side, and I filed the suit. 'Cool' "It's a cool thing to do. Everyone should try it," he said. Of course, there's nothing "in the Constitution that said you're not allowed to do that." The Constitution merely prohibits establishment of a state religion. First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Not one word about censoring references to God. Not one word about that left-wing fantasy "separation of church and state." (Why do we never hear outcry about "separation of atheism and state" or "separation of paganism and state"?) Everyone should read the Constitution. It's a cool thing to do. By the way, though Newdow has claimed he filed the lawsuit out of concern for his daughter, Fox News reported today he has admitted he did it for himself, that his daughter voluntarily said the pledge along with her classmates. 'This Offends Me' "My daughter is in the lawsuit because you need that for standing," he told CNN. "I brought this case because I am an atheist and this offends me, and I have the right to bring up my daughter without God being imposed into her life by her schoolteachers. So she did not come and say she was ostracized."