Judge Rejects Lawsuit To Strike ‘Under God’ From Pledge | Talking Points Memo

The Boston Herald reports that a Massachusetts judge has rejected a lawsuit seeking to strike the phrase “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance. Claiming that the phrase is not a religious truth, Judge S. Jane Haggerty wrote that the pledge “is a voluntary patriotic exercise, and the inclusion of the phrase ‘under God’ does not convert the exercise into a prayer.”


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