House Votes to Denounce Ruling on Pledge of Allegiance

CNSNews.com: “The House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a nonbonding resolution criticizing a court decision that found reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools unconstitutional. In a 400-7 vote, with 15 members voting “present,” the House encouraged the Attorney General to appeal the controversial decision made by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the Pledge violates the separation of church and state because it contains the phrase “one nation under God.” “The 9th Circuit continues to get it wrong,” said House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), who condemned the court for refusing to rehear the case just as the nation was preparing for “an impending war to defend the values upon which our great nation is founded.” However, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) supported the decision “that we cannot ask schoolchildren to recite a prayer or a belief in God in the classroom setting, even if we allow the dissenters to walk out of the room.” Nadler was one of seven Democrats to vote against the resolution, including Gary Ackerman (N.Y.), Barney Frank (Mass.),. Jim McDermott (Wash.); Robert Scott (Va.), and Pete Stark and Mike Honda (Calif.).”

I’m glad to see the Legislature is telling the Judicial activists they’re out of control. Only the Legislature has the right to make or repeal a law about the Pledge of Allegiance.