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Two words were declared to be unconstitutional in the Pledge of Alligence today. The 9th Circut Court found "under
God" to be in violation of the 1st amendment which seperates church and state.
The official
brief is a very interesting read (and yet another reason why the Internet is
so great. You can get your news straight from the source instead of filtered
through the mass media) and basically the problem was that "under God" was
specifically added in a 1954 law to show "the dedication
of our Nation and our people to the Almighty". If that doesn't sound like an
endorement of religion, I don't know what is. Unfortunatly 99% of the population
thinks that the entire pledge is unconstitutional, when it's really just the
1954 addition. As for my opinion on the whole thing, it never particulary
bothered me, but on the other hand I don't think that 1954 law should have been
passed in the first place. And I do think that it endorses religion. If it
doesn't, why not change it to "one nation under Bob the Rutabaga" and see how
long THAT holds up. Course now is exactly the wrong time to be questioning
something like this, with July 4th coming up and all that 9/11 patriotism still
going strong. Kuro5hin also has
another good analysis of the thing.
Kirby's Pinball Land is a great great game.
Someone really needs to invent some gum that never loses it's flavor. I'd pay
good money for that.
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