A Washington, D.C.-based secular organization has filed a lawsuit against the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, the Christian Post website reports today (April 22, 2014).
The American Humanist Association announced yesterday that a New Jersey school district in Monmouth County will be the latest entity sued over the two words.
David Niose -- attorney for the American Humanist Association's Appignani Humanist Legal Center -- said in a statement that he believes the pledge's words are religiously coercive.
"Public schools should not engage in an exercise that tells students that patriotism is tied to a belief in God," Niose said. "Such a daily exercise portrays atheist and humanist children as second-class citizens, and certainly contributes to anti-atheist prejudices."
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