Mass. parents sue to remove 'under God' from pledge
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The anonymous parents of three children in two Acton schools, filing as John and Jane Doe, are suing the district to have the words "under God" removed from the pledge, saying it is discriminatory against their children who are being raised as atheists, WHDH-TV, Boston, reported.
The attorney for the parents, David Niose, said: "That suggests that people who don't believe in God are less patriotic than others, and that's just not the truth. Humanists and atheists are citizens, they pay their taxes, they get good grades."
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