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Incomplete Pass: Tim Tebow Says America Based on ‘One Nation Under God’

In response to an inquiry about what needs to change in America, Tebow said, “First and foremost is what this country was based on: one nation under God. The more that we can get back to that [the better].” I wonder which God he’s talking about.

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Gaylor writes Cong. Rangel appeal to remember secular Americans

August 2, 2011 2 Comments

An open letter from FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor to Congressman Rangel regarding his recent statements on “In God We Trust”.

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In defense of the original pledge: An open letter to NBC

June 28, 2011 4 Comments
In defense of the original pledge: An open letter to NBC

David Niose, President of the American Humanist Association, writes an open letter to the President of NBC regarding the “Godless” Pledge of Allegiance aired recently.

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As Sure As The Religious Right Reacts, They Overreact

June 23, 2011 No Comment

When NBC cut the phrase "under God" for the Pledge of Allegiance during its coverage of the US Open golf tournament last weekend, it was obvious that the Religious Right would seize on it … and that is exactly what they did.
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Religious Right Bombards NBC Over Pledge Wording

June 23, 2011 No Comment

If ever you needed evidence of the Religious Right’s impressive organization and zeal, take a look at the gross overreaction of the American Family Association to NBC’s decision last weekend to run the “Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag” without the “un…

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Still divisible under god: Supreme Court opts not to review Pledge challenge

June 21, 2011 14 Comments

When I was a kid, I recited the Pledge of Allegiance in school. By rote, obediently. Elementary school days of hand-over-heart and guileless allegiance.

Then middle school rolled around. It became less cool, sure, but still unchallenged. It was patriotic at least, during a post-9/11 time when car flags flew in unison.

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FFRF remains committed to fighting religious pledge

June 16, 2011 No Comment

The Freedom From Religion Foundation and attorney Michael Newdow will continue to challenge the unconstitutional religious Pledge of Allegiance despite the refusal of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 13 to hear an appeal that upheld the "one nation under God" pledge in a New Hampshire case. Six of the court’s nine justices are Catholic.

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Proof that Religious Wording Isn’t ‘Secular’ or ‘Benign’

April 26, 2011 No Comment
Proof that Religious Wording Isn’t ‘Secular’ or ‘Benign’

When nonreligious Americans object to the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, or to “In God We Trust” as the national motto, we often hear opponents claim that the wording is harmless, secular in purpose, and that nobody interprets the words as being a religious affirmation of any kind. Sometimes the excuse given is that such wording merely “acknowledges the nation’s religious heritage.”

Of course, just about every society has some kind of religious heritage, but even if we find it desirable to “acknowledge” America’s religious heritage one could question why we must do so by affirmatively stating that God actually exists. After all, America also has a strong secular heritage – many of our founders were quite anti-clerical, some rejected Christianity and supernatural religion outright, and certainly many of them were far outside the framework of traditional religion. Thus, would we “acknowledge” that secular heritage by affirming in our national Pledge and motto that there is no God?

David Niose continues, here at Secular News Daily.

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Barber: Obama And Democrats Are "Anti-God"

April 22, 2011 No Comment

Liberty Counsel’s Matt Barber is aghast that Harry Reid said the phrase “one nation, indivisible,” to mark the anniversary of the Civil War. The words “under God” were added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1955 and were no…

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FFRF asks Supreme Court to overturn ‘under God’ in pledge decision

March 30, 2011 8 Comments

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the practice of requiring public school students to recite or listen to the religious Pledge of Allegiance.

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