Decision on ‘one nation under God’ solved nothing

How about that. Our highest court struck down a verdict that was handed down from that clandestine group of legal morons, called the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in California.

The subject at hand was the wording in the Pledge of Allegiance, "One nation under God." This was brought all the way to the United States Supreme Court by a Mr. Michael Newdow, on behalf of his daughter who attends school in California. His daughter, by the way, did not object to saying the words, "under God," nor did her mother, a born-again Christian.

What bothers me, and is the reason for this letter, is that our learned people who sit on this appointed court haven’t really solved anything concerning the wording "under God." It will come up again in the very near future by some other ACLU, God-hating lawyer, hell-bent on destroying our right to freedom of speech.

Sure, the Supreme Court reversed the verdict of the Appeals Court. However, the Supreme Court only said that Mr. Newdow must abide with their decision and allow the school district to keep the words "under God" in the pledge. The court gave the opinion that the girl’s father did not have sufficient custody of her, and therefore, could not argue this on her behalf.

What I object to is that our learned bunch of windbags only postponed the case once more by side-stepping the real issue. It has not been settled one iota. They did not address whether the reference to God was an unconstitutional government endorsement to religion. They cleverly avoided the issue by dismissing the case brought by the atheist Mr. Newdow.

So what do we have now? Close your eyes; what do you see? Nothing. How’s that for a decision, a dismissal or a look-the-other-way trial. They ought to be ashamed of themselves, and they cannot be fired. This is their job for life. Not bad.

I look forward to the next time I recite the Pledge of Allegiance and when it comes to those words "under God," I’m going to shout them out. My tongue won’t be in my cheek and I will look straight ahead at Old Glory and be proud of doing so.

God bless America and say a prayer for the members of the Supreme Court — they could use it.

Arthur A. Sholty

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