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Home Front: Culture Wars
Newdow Petitions to Strike God from Judge's Ruling
2005-01-15
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(2005-01-14) -- Just hours after losing his bid to prohibit Christian prayer at the presidential inauguration ceremony, atheist Michael Newdow filed a motion to have the court remove references to God or religion from all official records of his most recent legal proceeding, Newdow v. George W. Bush (PDF).

"In the court's 50-page ruling alone," said Mr. Newdow, "I was shocked to find 10 mentions each of God, Christianity and church, 14 uses of the word 'religion' and 12 of 'faith,' three instances of 'divine' or 'divinity,' no fewer than 44 mentions of Christ, and 256 appearances of various forms of the word 'prayer'. And I haven't even read the transcripts yet."

The fact that taxpayer dollars funded the production of these documents, he said, represents a violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment.

"My participation in this breach of the wall between church and state is a source of deep shame for me," Mr. Newdow added. "I feel dirty."
Posted by:Korora

#12  What I want to know it, where does this clown get the money for all these suits? Sueing ain't cheap.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-01-15 6:35:56 PM  

#11  Droll, droll, droll, Mr. E :-)
Posted by: Steve White   2005-01-15 12:18:45 PM  

#10  Oh, and I tried to ask why they needed 7 copies if they are scanning everything now, and I didn't really get an answer.... All I got back was "Where were you when I created the universe?" or something like that. I don't see what that has to do with it, but ok.
Posted by: Mark E.   2005-01-15 10:33:38 AM  

#9  Wow! Everybody's talking about ME!
ME! Wow! Look at ME!
Posted by: Michael Newdow   2005-01-15 10:30:19 AM  

#8  #6 Stand back boys, Vengence is mine.
Posted by: The Lord 2005-01-15 10:17:36 AM


#7 You cannot petition the Lord with prayer. He accepts only briefs, under 75 pages excluding citations, printed on 8.5x11 paper, with 1 inch margins. Bring 12 copies; they take 7 themselves, and you'll need more stamped copies for service. Note the new rule of no protruding tabs for exhibits; they are scanning everything now, so no more tabs.


Any doubts on why I keep coming to Rantburg?
Posted by: badanov   2005-01-15 10:29:01 AM  

#7  You cannot petition the Lord with prayer.


He accepts only briefs, under 75 pages excluding citations, printed on 8.5x11 paper, with 1 inch margins. Bring 12 copies; they take 7 themselves, and you'll need more stamped copies for service. Note the new rule of no protruding tabs for exhibits; they are scanning everything now, so no more tabs.
Posted by: Mark E.   2005-01-15 10:26:02 AM  

#6  Stand back boys, Vengence is mine.
Posted by: The Lord   2005-01-15 10:17:36 AM  

#5  minutes even :D

When you been scapplefaced Nedlow your heading for the last round up.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2005-01-15 5:31:17 AM  

#4  God I think some one found that loose screw. I had been looking for it.

Athiests give us Agnostics a bad name.

This guy is supposed to be a lawyer. I think he is going to find out real soon what the ramifications of being a vexatious litigant are. He will have to get permission from the a court to even file a suit. He will be tossed in the slammer for contempt if he violates it. The supremes have turned your sorry ass down. No one is taking you seriously. Get on with life. No ones adding any more munites to his.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2005-01-15 4:43:45 AM  

#3  LOL. Ott rocks. Satire and exaggeration do tend to illuminate the ridiculous. I agree with AZ. Newdow should be fitted with a white jacket with sleeves that buckle in the back and confined to a rubber walled room.
Posted by: GK   2005-01-15 2:19:12 AM  

#2  Finally the true face of the left is beginning to reveal itself in a way that the mainstream will no longer be able to ignore. If I were the judge I'd strike the petition but order Newdow held over for psychiatric evaluation.
Posted by: AzCat   2005-01-15 1:23:34 AM  

#1  can we petition God to strike Newdow?
Posted by: anon   2005-01-15 12:30:15 AM  

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