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Massachusetts School Children, Parents Defend ‘Under God’
October 21, 2011
Round Four in the Becket Fund’s campaign to defend ‘under God’ in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Massachusetts School Children, Parents Defend ‘Under God’
February 7, 2011
Round Four: Becket Fund Fights for Students to Defend “Under God” Doe v. Acton-Boxborough Regional School District, Massachusetts, 2011-current After three failed attempts to strike down “under God” on the federal level, atheist advocates now seek to challenge it on the state level in Acton-Boxborough, Massachusetts. On October 21, 2011, the Becket Fund for Religious [...]
Massachusetts School Children, Parents Defend ‘Under God’
Rosario Guzzi is a prison inmate in Massachusetts who requested kosher meals based upon his “Orthodox Catholic” beliefs. The state denied his request and when he sued, the federal district court upheld the denial based on the judge’s declaration that the tenets of Catholicism do not require believers to keep kosher. Guzzi appealed to the [...]
