{"id":1378,"date":"2010-04-02T11:09:46","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T16:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/k-line.org\/9\/?p=1378"},"modified":"2010-04-02T11:09:46","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T16:09:46","slug":"wouldnt-it-be-a-pity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/k-line.org\/9\/2010\/04\/02\/wouldnt-it-be-a-pity\/","title":{"rendered":"Wouldn&#8217;t it be a pity&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"250\" height=\"193\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LPbIls0iOnI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0xe1600f&#038;color2=0xfebd01\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LPbIls0iOnI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0xe1600f&#038;color2=0xfebd01\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"250\" height=\"193\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"22\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance &#8212; <i>&#8220;Under God.&#8221;<\/i>  Wouldn&#8217;t it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer, and that would be eliminated from schools too?<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>-Red Skelton,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jan. 14, 1969<\/i><sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-1378-1' id='fnref-1378-1' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(1378)'>1<\/a><\/sup><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nMeanwhile, atheists are protesting in response to the March, 2010 decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in California, that the words &#8220;under God&#8221; in the Pledge of Allegiance are <u>not<\/u> unconstitutional:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>American Atheists California is holding a demonstration at the San<br \/>\nFrancisco Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals building on Wednesday,<br \/>\nMarch 17, calling for Congress to repeal the 1954 act that added<br \/>\nthe phrase \u201cunder God\u201d to the Pledge of Allegiance.  (source:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/missouriatheists.org\/?p=326\" target=\"_blank\">American Atheists Missouri<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><br clear=\"ALL\"\/><\/p>\n<p><i><font color=\"green\">Note:  Click on the screen after the video loads if you need to go to the YouTube website for a bigger picture.<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n<div class='footnotes' id='footnotes-1378'>\n<div class='footnotedivider'><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li id='fn-1378-1'> Thanks to my friend, Ralph, who sent me the Red Skelton video clip <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-1378-1'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-bottom-right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/k-line.org\/9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1378?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/k-line.org\/9\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/k-line.org\/9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1378?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/k-line.org\/9\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance &#8212; &#8220;Under God.&#8221; Wouldn&#8217;t it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer, and that would be eliminated from schools too? 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