Atheist files new suit over pledge in public school

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Atheist files new suit over pledge in public school

By David Kravets
ASSOCIATED PRESS

January 6, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO – An atheist who sued because he didn't want his young daughter exposed to the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance has filed another lawsuit, this time with other parents.

Michael Newdow won his case more than two years ago before a federal appeals court, which said it was an unconstitutional blending of church and state for public school students to pledge to God.

In June, however, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case, saying Newdow couldn't lawfully sue because he didn't have custody of his elementary school-aged daughter and because the girl's mother objected to the lawsuit.

In the latest challenge, filed Monday in Sacramento federal court, eight co-plaintiffs have joined the suit, and all are custodial parents or the children themselves, Newdow said. The plaintiffs' names have been withheld from the lawsuit.

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