I wish there was some way to bill Michael Newdow for the choking up our legal system with frivolous crap like this!
Posted on 01/07/2005 4:27:14 PM PST by missyme
Atheist activist Michael Newdow, known for his attempt to remove "under God" from the Pledge, has petitioned a federal court to prevent the Bush administration from "engaging in Christian religious acts" related to the president's upcoming inauguration.
Pointing out that two ministers, Rev. Franklin Graham and the Rev.Kirbyjon Caldwell, prayed at Bush's first inaugural ceremony in 2001, Newdow says the Inaugural '05 website indicates the president will chose a minister to "deliver an invocation" before he takes the oath of office Jan. 20.
Rev. Louis P. Sheldon, chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition says it's "appalling that Christians are being singled out by Mr. Newdow for this sort of harassment."
"If any other religious group was being targeted for demotion to second-class citizenship, the ACLU and the liberal lobby would be shrieking," he said in a statement. "Today, they watch silently as a court considers taking another step towards barring the free and public exercise of religious beliefs."
Sheldon's group and other similar organizations are sponsoring a Christian Inaugural Eve Gala to celebrate the beginning of Bush's second term.
He said Newdow "should be ashamed for seeking this injunction against his fellow citizens. We, as Americans, need to awaken and deal with these threats to religious liberty, cynically disguised as 'civil liberties' defense."
"This is the day we have been warning America would come," he said.
Earlier this week, Newdow renewed his Pledge of Allegiance battle.
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his case because he did not have legal standing to represent his daughter, who is under sole custody of her mother.
Tuesday, however, Newdow filed a complaint in federal court in Sacramento, Calif., with eight new co-plaintiffs, seeking to remove "under God" from the Pledge on the grounds it violates the so-called "separation of church and state."
Does this guy even have a job?
Yeah this little twerp will stop BUSH from praying NOT
"...but I wonder if we can find some grounds on which to class-action his sorry butt."
Sign me up, if and when we do, OK? This guy already had his "Fifteen Minutes." One per customer, per planet, Buddy!
No grounds to sue him, but I do believe we do have grounds for a tar-and-feather party... ;-)
Does this guy even have a job?
Yes In Hell...
How does he intend to block the wish of every pre-pubescent male in America? Or does this have something to do with the inauguration? Sorry, it was the cheap (they can't get rid of it, and I mean the good stuff!) french bordeaux, not me, I swear.
In all seriousness, and through "the cloud" in my head, people in this country just aren't taking these type seriousnly anymore. They are a joke. A threatening joke, but a joke nonetheless.
One has to wonder if this guy gets beat up often... OR not often enough.
Mike Newdow is an average guy who actually started his first religious institution while in junior high school in New Jersey. He finished high school there, and then undertook some university work in assorted locations. In 1977, he became an ordained minister, and has since lived his life according to the tenets of the Universal Life Church, which basically state: "Do what's right." In 1997, he started his second religious institution, the First Amendmist Church of True Science (FACTS). Although that ministry holds a firmly atheistic view of the world, it strongly supports the ideals behind the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. [A brief synopsis of the religious views espoused by the ministry are presented in the Complaint which forms to basis of this lawsuit.]
He is presently working on obtaining his Master of Public Health degree at the UCLA School of Public Health. In 1996, he was awarded First Place in the Delta Omega Honorary Society of Public Health Student Essay Contest, writing on "Empowering the Disadvantaged: Social Justice in Public Health." In 1998, he obtained his Doctor of the Universe Degree.
The Rev. Dr. Newdow has the usual varied hobbies, including writing, music, theater, and sports. He has traveled fairly extensively, and dabbles in computer programming. Probably his greatest interest is fatherhood - he has a six year old daughter, for whom he has great hopes and plans. Included among these is the one he's working on now: her ability to go to public school free from daily theistic indoctrination, as guaranteed by the United States Constitution.
http://www.restorethepledge.com/mike_newdow/
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And they have the gall to label the guy REVEREND DOCTOR!
How's that for dissemination of false information?
* wonders if Newdow has the integrity to avoid US currency *
...In GOD We Trust...
The fact this guy used his own daughter to further his own agenda tells us all we need to know about him.
This should be interesting. I'd like to see a judge try tell the president how to run the inaugural ball.
Wish I could sue to prevent him from ever opening his pie-hole again.
I believe the President will also take the oath of office with his left hand on the Bible. What about that fact jackass? This guy doesn't have a prayer. But that's his real problem...
... the so-called "separation of church and state."Damned right it's "so-called." How 'bout nonexistent?
The ONLY solution to this on-going, gets-worse-every-day problem is the appointment of non-activist, conservative judges.
What's sad is this loser will soon be making the rounds on all the cable shows yet again.
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