An atheist Massachusetts couple failed to prove their children had been harmed by the words "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, the state's highest court ruled yesterday (May 9, 2014), according to the Big News Network website.
The couple -- identified only as "John and Jane Doe" -- argued their children's rights were violated by the voluntary recitation of the pledge (including "Under God") in the public schools of the Acton-Boxborough regional school district. But the Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously they failed to make their case, saying they had not proved the children had been subjected to bullying, ostracism, or any other punishment or mistreatment for refusing to say the pledge or keeping quiet while everyone else was saying "Under God."
Chief Justice Roderick Ireland -- who wrote the court's opinion -- also said school officials in the district do not track students' patriotism, or lack thereof.
"John and Jane Doe" -- residents of the town of Acton -- got legal backing from the American Humanist Society for their lawsuit filed in Massachusetts' Middlesex County.
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