ONE NATION UNDER GOSH: The notoriously wacko Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals headed its ugly rear yesterday and
struck down the Pledge of Allegiance as unconstitutional. The kooky court found that the phrase "under God" violated the doctrine of a separation of church and state. There's one small problem with that: the phrase "separation of church and state" isn't in the Constitution. Oops! Rather, the Constitution specifically prohibits any law "respecting an establishment of religion."
So, does the 1954 statute adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance establish a government religion or church? Nope.
Does it provide government funding for a religion or church? Nope.
Is it, therefore, constitutional? Yep.
Did the Ninth Circuit blackrobes get their law degrees from a correspondence school? Sure as hell seems that way.
I don't care whether "under God" is included in the Pledge. I do care when federal judges strike down a constitutional law just because a plaintiff is too damned lazy to work for its repeal through the legislative process.
