The American Humanist Association filed a motion of contempt on Wednesday against Mississippi's Rankin County School District for its failure to adhere to a federal judge's order banning Christian prayers at public school assemblies.
This is a story that's been kicking around a few days, but I thought it was worth mentioning after Erik at Lawyers Guns and Money took a crack at it. Dana Perino threw a fit because the American Humanist Association in Massachusetts is suing to remove "under God" from the mandatory Pledge of Allegiance recited in public schools. There is no doubt in my mind that "under God" is there as Christian indoctrination, which is why conservatives are so damn defensive about it. The point is to have schoolchildren feel like outsiders if they don't believe in the Christian god, because what other other value could it really have?
A woman who was nearly denied U.S. citizenship over her lack of church membership will soon be naturalized thanks to a public outcry, according to Divided Under God, which first reported the story.
Two Democrats in Congress have issued statements in support of Thursday's National Day of Reason, according to the group that sponsors the annual event.
