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Christian High Schooler Takes a Bold Stand against Atheists In Court; "I Have... Rights the Government Can Never Take Away""I've been reciting the Pledge since preschool, and to me the phrase 'one nation under God' sums up the history and values that have made our country great." Samantha Jones, a high school student in New Jersey, is standing up for her right to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in full. Samantha and her family asked a state judge Wednesday to dismiss the American Humanist Association's latest attempt to remove the words "under God" from the Pledge (watch Sam's statement outside Courthouse here). (Photo-Beckett Fund for Religious LIberty) "I've been reciting the Pledge since preschool, and to me the phrase 'one nation under God' sums up the history and values that have made our country great," said Samantha Jones, a senior at Highland Regional High School. "I think it's empowering to know that, no matter what happens, I have some rights the government can never take away. No student should be silenced just because some people disagree with timeless American values." This is the second time the atheist group, the American Humanist Association (AHA), has asked a state court to declare the federal Pledge illegal. Their first state-level suit, raising identical claims, was unanimously rejected by Massachusetts' highest court earlier this year. Read more on this, click here.
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