The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California, upheld the constitutionality of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. The court rejected two legal challenges brought by Michael Newdow, a Sacramento athiest. "The Pledge is constitutional," Judge Carlos Bea wrote for the majority in the 2-1 ruling. "The Pledge of Allegiance serves to unite our vast nation through the proud recitation of some of the ideals upon which our Republic was founded." In 2002, Newdow sued his daughter's school for having students recite the Pledge. The case reached the Supreme Court, but was dismissed because Newdow didn't have custody of his daughter, on who's behalf he was suing. I completely agree with this decision, because the Pledge of Allegiance has been recited for years and years, and it shows, as Judge Carlos Bea said, a unity for our country, and that we are proud to be Americans, and no matter what religion someone is, the Pledge should incite patriotic feelings in that individual, if he or she is proud to be an American.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/11/federal-appeals-court-california-upholds-god-pledge-allegiance/
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