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Atheist Woman Sues To Remove "So Help Me God" From Oath
Newsweek ^ | November 4th, 2017 | Summer Meza

Posted on 11/06/2017 7:45:49 AM PST by LouieFisk

An atheist woman seeking citizenship in Massachusetts is suing to remove the phrase “so help me God” from the United States citizenship oath.

Olga Paule Perrier-Bilbo, a French national who has lived in the U.S. since 2000 with a green card, says that the inclusion of the phrase is an unconstitutional violation of her religious freedom. Her lawyer, Michael Newdow, drew attention for a similar Supreme Court case in 2004, when he argued that the Pledge of Allegiance should be rewritten to omit “under God.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; atheist; citizenship; lawsuit; newdow; oath
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Godless.
1 posted on 11/06/2017 7:45:49 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk
Her lawyer, Michael Newdow, drew attention for a similar Supreme Court case in 2004, when he argued that the Pledge of Allegiance should be rewritten to omit “under God.”

And stupid, to hire a loser - to lose yet again.

2 posted on 11/06/2017 7:47:33 AM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: LouieFisk

Simple solution. Don’t become a citizen.


3 posted on 11/06/2017 7:47:44 AM PST by PJBankard
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To: LouieFisk

Let’s look at atheism for what it really is.


4 posted on 11/06/2017 7:47:58 AM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: LouieFisk

God these people are a bunch of cranks!


5 posted on 11/06/2017 7:48:43 AM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: LouieFisk

I think we got all of the sh*t we need from “atheists” yesterday. **** off, b*tch.


6 posted on 11/06/2017 7:48:59 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Has Sheila JACKSON LEE changed her name yet?)
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To: LouieFisk

Wow - what a hell of a nerve.


7 posted on 11/06/2017 7:50:27 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: LouieFisk

Let her believe or disbelieve what she wants to. This is a nation for all.


8 posted on 11/06/2017 7:50:43 AM PST by Pirate Ragnar (Libs put feelings first and thought second.)
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To: LouieFisk

The rage of the atheist. Being angry and even acting out such as yesterday.......over something they don’t believe exists??


9 posted on 11/06/2017 7:51:35 AM PST by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: LouieFisk

The Bible says not to swear. “LET YOUR YES BE YES AND YOUR NO BE NO.”


10 posted on 11/06/2017 7:51:51 AM PST by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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To: LouieFisk

Send her back to France


11 posted on 11/06/2017 7:52:54 AM PST by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: LouieFisk

Not even a citizen and already making demands.


12 posted on 11/06/2017 7:53:48 AM PST by pinkandgreenmom
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“I think we got all of the sh*t we need from “atheists” yesterday. **** off, b*tch.”

Your murderer also taught Sunday school. This wacko needn’t be characterized by his alleged beliefs. Don’t use this tragedy to scapegoat one group or another.


13 posted on 11/06/2017 7:54:47 AM PST by Pirate Ragnar (Libs put feelings first and thought second.)
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To: Pirate Ragnar

“Let her believe or disbelieve what she wants to. This is a nation for all.”

France is better suited to her demands.


14 posted on 11/06/2017 7:55:19 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: PJBankard

The Constitution is for US citizens. If she is not a citizen, how is saying that against her constitutional rights?

She is either not real smart or she thinks we are not real smart.


15 posted on 11/06/2017 7:58:17 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: grobdriver

“Her lawyer, Michael Newdow, drew attention for a similar Supreme Court case in 2004, when he argued that the Pledge of Allegiance should be rewritten to omit “under God.”


I grew up when “under God” was not in the pledge-———didn’t matter one way or the other.

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16 posted on 11/06/2017 7:58:37 AM PST by Mears
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To: LouieFisk

But..... she’s still okay with all the money she has which has “in God we trust” on it, yes???


17 posted on 11/06/2017 7:59:28 AM PST by joethedrummer
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To: reasonisfaith

I refer to Olga as a devout militant evangelical atheist. They are far more zealous of their lack of religion than Christians are about having one.


18 posted on 11/06/2017 7:59:32 AM PST by henkster (The View: A psychiatric group therapy session where the shrink has stepped out of the room.)
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To: LouieFisk

She, Bill Maher, and the Sutherland mass murderer have atheism in common.


19 posted on 11/06/2017 8:00:38 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Pirate Ragnar
Your murderer also taught Sunday school.

Not correct. This was incorrectly attributed to the wrong person initially but corrected after confirmation of the shooter.

20 posted on 11/06/2017 8:01:16 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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