Michael Newdow
Michael Newdow
Michael Arthur Newdowis an American attorney and emergency medicine physician. He is best known for his efforts to have recitations of the current version of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools in the United States declared unconstitutional because of its inclusion of the phrase "under God". He also filed and lost a lawsuit to stop the invocation prayer at President Bush's second inauguration and in 2009 he filed a lawsuit to prevent references to God and religion from being...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth24 June 1953
CountryUnited States of America
He's a smart man, so I am assuming he will do it.
I think the Constitution has been upheld. I think they made the right decision.
One day I was just looking at the coins is what brought this up. I saw "In God We Trust" on my coins. I said, "I don't trust in God," what is this? And I recalled there was something in the Constitution that said you're not allowed to do that and so I did some research. And as soon as I did the research, I realized the law seemed to be on my side and I filed the suit. It's a cool thing to do. Everyone should try it.
free from a coercive requirement to affirm God.
I don't ever talk about it, ... There are some Christians (co-workers) who argue I'm doing something bad, but this (lawsuit) is pro-liberty, pro-equality. The government is required to stay out of the religion business.
one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Imagine every morning if the teachers had the children stand up, place their hands over their hearts, and say, 'We are one nation that denies God exists,
That is an actual, concrete, discrete, particularized, individualized harm to me, which gives me standing.
It was never concluded and violated the Constitution, ... I think that is wrong - I'm happy that the idea is getting recognized and that a judge recognized that.
I tried out different openings, but most of them got torn to shreds. Some of them sounded great, then bombed big-time,
This is not supposed to be there. The government is supposed to stay out of the religion business.
This issue is whether or not our government should be infusing religion into (schools).
Think of it as an Olympic event or a ball game: you practice first.
I think that everybody would not be sitting here saying, 'Oh, what harm is that.' They'd be furious. And that's exactly what goes on against atheists. And it shouldn't.