A new lawsuit filed on behalf of several Atheist plaintiffs argues the phrase “In God We Trust” on U.S. money is unconstitutional, and calls for the government to get rid of it.
Sacramento attorney Michael Newdow filed the lawsuit Monday in Akron, Ohio. He’d unsuccessfully sued the government at least twice challenging the use of the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Throughout much of his lawsuit, the word appears as “G-d.”
Michael Newdow, who challenged the words “under God” inthe Pledge of Allegiance, discusses his appeal of a state law requiring him to contribute to his opponents legal fees in the custody battle over his daughter, in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, May 17, 2004. Newdow, representing himself, told a three judge panel of the 3rd DistrictCout of Appeal that he should not have to pay for attorneys to “take away my child,” in his custody dispute with Sandra Banning, the girl’s mother.
Newdow claims “In God We Trust” violates the separation of church and state. One plaintiff says his Atheism is “substantially burdened because he is forced to bear on his person a religious statement that causes him to sense his government legitimizing, promoting and reinforcing negative and injurious attitudes not only against Atheists in general, but against him personally.”
The lawsuit represents 41 plaintiffs from Ohio and Michigan, including many unnamed parents and children who are atheists or are being raised as atheists. Defendants include Congress, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and various federal agencies.
A message seeking comment was left Wednesday at the office of U.S. attorney for Ohio’s northern district.
(AP)
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Is the same guy that got mad when someone said Gd bless you to him after he sneezed? But seriously this is an affront to kavod shamaim and a disgrace. Tell this loser to use credit cards from now on if he doesnt like what’s printed on paper money.
There’s an issue with writing hashem’s name in transactions
#2 God is NOT Hashem’s real name just as Hashem isn’t Hashem’s real name. It is the way we refer to Him.
This is a new American meshugas. Before WW2, in Europe, Jews always wrote Gutt in Yiddishkeit without any reservations.
* I meant Gutt in Yiddishkeit, not Yiddishkeit
Rabbi Avigdor Miller ztl stated that America is especially blessed because ‘the greatest of all truths’ is even written on their money. America would be wise not to forfeit that blessing.
Weird…I write the word Y i d d i s h and it posts as Yiddishkeit! This is totally weird!
MR.NEWDOW SHOULD ALSO ADD THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TO HIS LIST OF BANNED PUBLICATIONS SINCE IT SPEAKS OF “NATURE’S G-D” AND THE “CREATOR”
HE SEEMS TO FEEL HE IS WISER THAN ALL THE FOUNDERS OF OUR COUNTRY.
I HAVE A SIMPLE SOLUTION FOR HIM: MOVE OUT OF THE U.S. AGOOD CHOICE FOR HIM IS RUSSIA.
I CHECKED THE TEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION, AT THE END IT STATES THAT IT WAS CONFIRMED IN THE “YEAR OF OUR LORD” ETC. MR NEWDOW WILL HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT AND CLAIM THAT THE CONSTITUTION IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
What wickedness.
This is just a natural progression from the wicked laws of gay marriage and the legalization of murdering babies.
“promoting and reinforcing negative and injurious attitudes against Atheists”
So its only the wicked that we have to be concerned about their “feelings”. What about the feelings of those who fear God??? Those who are moral and decent???
Filthy Liberals are the most INTOLERANT people alive.
These corrupt judges, with the help of the supreme court, are really turning this once great country, into Sodom!
My question is what are they getting if they win money? Would they settle on a dollar amount?
Finally I’ll be able to count my money in the bathroom.