Morons in the News: The Pledge Straw Man
The Psycho Sensei is publishing more about the "pledge case" because she thinks it's very important. It is basically a litmus test of how important the First Amendment of the Constitution is to a society that wishes to pretend to be Christian. I say pretends because, as we all know, while the current majority of the population says they are "Christian" they neither behave as mandated in the New Testament, nor do they follow their own mores of worship, i.e. attending church on Easter and Xmas and that's about it.
It is relatively amusing to see the same people arguing for prayer in the schools, arguing that the words "under God" are innocuous. If we apply the Psycho Sensei's "Satan Test" to these words, guess what the reaction would be if we changed the Pledge to "one nation, under Satan." If the resulting pledge is acceptable as innocuous, then you would be allowed to use the pledge in the public schools.
[From Morons.org] Michael Newdow argued on his own behalf that his daughter shouldn't be exposed to the recitation of "UNDER GOD" in the Pledge of Allegiance in school and was subsequently buried in straw men...
We hear a lot of " straw man" arguments here on morons.org and elsewhere. Basically this means that instead of addressing your actual point, your opponent misrepresents your point and attacks that instead; that is to say, rather than going after... [Morons Dot Org]