In Stupidity We Trust
Well, not content with his previous fifteen minutes of fame, Michael Newdow is back in the news. Newdow is the atheist who sued over the Pledge of Allegiance including the words 'under God' and lost in the Supreme Court. In his latest suit he was suing over the use of the motto 'In God We Trust' used on US currency. The case was dismissed by a US District Court judge.
Michael Newdow, the Sacramento, California lawyer and doctor who had previously launched a court challenge on behalf of his daughter over the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance said in schools, had argued that "In God We Trust" on monetary instruments violates his rights.
Newdow claimed that by using coins and currency bearing the phrase, he is forced to carry religious dogma, proselytise and evangelise for monotheism.
The judge disagreed. Newdow will appeal to the 9th Circuit. Expect them to reinstate the suit and the Supremes to kill it. In the meantime, Mr. Newdow should immediately begin using a Visa or MasterCard transaction card so as not to violate his own logic. Or go to the barter system. Or move.
UPDATE: Many thanks to Sister Toldjah for the link.
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By Blackhawk, June 13, 2006 @ 9:42 am
Ayn Rand, for those who’ve read her works, was an athiest. But she had an arguement, that I believe is valid, that phrases like ‘In God we trust’, and ‘by God’, and so on, had a secular value and were therefor acceptable to her. I’m glad the courts seem to concur.