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Article: ELK GROVE TO APPEAL 'PLEDGE' RULING; School District Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Case
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- Sacramento Observer
- Article date:
- March 12, 2003
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Sacramento Observer
03-12-2003
ELK GROVE -- The leaders of the Elk Grove School District wants the U.S.
Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that would bar the Pledge of Allegiance
in class-rooms. The ruling barring the Pledge was recently handed down from
an appeals court.
The court called the phrase "under God" that is recited in the Pledge
"unconstitutional."
Superintendent David Gordon of the Elk Grove School District says that he
and his board want to appeal the ruling all the way to the nation's top
court.
"We feel strongly that the words `under God' do not push religion on
children, but reflect this country's history," the Superintendent said.
The Elk Grove district was the target of the ...
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