[Nicholas Conradin]

I do not think Newdow is capable of showing respect to anyone.

I first heard Newdow in an interview on the Dennis Miller show, and I was surprisingly impressed. He presents his views in a rational and reasonable manner, neither strident nor intolerant of anything except a violation of his Constitutional rights.

What is so scary about someone's not believing in god or an Invisible Pink Unicorn or Santa Claus or The Tooth Fairy? And then objecting to being required to swear allegiance to one or both or all?

[GLDNGUN]

What is so scary about someone's not believing in god or an Invisible Pink Unicorn or Santa Claus or The Tooth Fairy? And then objecting to being required to swear allegiance to one or both or all?

Someone comparing God to the mythical creatures like the Tooth Fairy is what is scary.

Secondly, NOBODY is "required to swear allegienace" to anything. It's quite simple. If you don't want to say the Pledge, don't; however, that's not good enough for the likes of Newdow.

[mlc9852]

No one makes you swear allegiance to anything or anyone.

[7thson]

I have not heard Newdow on Dennis Miller's program though it has been awhile. I have heard him on Sean Hannity, Hannity and Colmes, Bill O'Reilly, and also Tony Snow. He comes across as arrogant and disrespectful of anyone who says different then he. I suppose the courts has taken the same dim view of him as millions of others.

Not saying he is a sociopath, but you can listen to the reasoning of any sociopath and I am sure they make sense. I am sure Stalin's Communists and Hilter's Nazi's also made sense to millions of people - two peas in a pod (non-believers). It is like the Battleground God test the other day. A rapist may believe he is talking to God and God is telling him to rape that woman, but that action goes against all tenants of God's law and the new covenant of Jesus Christ. The rationalization of a madman is still madness.

[GatorGirl]

Newdow's Constitutional rights are absolutely NOT being violated.

There is not a Constitutional right to be free from "offense".

Our country's history and founding documents, right from the start, is replete with references to, and reliance on, God.

The Constitution prohibits government establishment of a state religion. The mere mention of God hardly establishes a state religion, seeing as Christianity, Judiaism, and even Islam believe in God. Three very different religions, don't you think?

[Regina]

The issue is, no one is forcing him to swear allegiance to anything...HE is attempting to keep the rest of us from being able to swear our allegiance to what the vast majority of us hold to be truths.