Massachusetts Supreme Court Case Alleges Pledge of Allegiance Discriminates Against Atheists

 

4 September 2013

Pledge of Allegiance Challenged in Massachusetts Supreme Court

 

 

A family in suburban Boston hopes to change the phrasing of the Pledge of Allegiance to remove two words they claim violate students' rights.

The family is challenging the pledge, which students recite daily in U.S. public schools, claiming the words "under God" violate the state's equal rights laws.

 

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/04/20327848-pledge-of-allegiance-challenged-in-massachusetts-supreme-court?lite