Friday, September 24, 2004


Yahoo! News - House Votes to 'Protect' Pledge of Allegiance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal courts would be barred from striking the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag under a bill passed on Thursday by a House of Representatives split largely along party lines.

The Republicans in control of the chamber rejected Democratic claims that the measure was an unconstitutional bid to limit the power of the federal judiciary and an election-year ploy to rally social conservatives. It passed on a vote of 247-173.

Gag. Lucky for me I'm an adult and they can't make me say it. (yet)