US Supreme Court Solves McDermott 'Under God' Flap

The Assorted Press

April 30, 2004 (TAP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court  announced a solution to the Pledge of Allegiance case which was brought to the nation's attention on Tuesday by Democrat Representative Jim McDermott.

Rep. McDermott was given the honor of leading the House of Representatives in The Pledge of Allegiance. Rep. McDermott decided to omit the words "one nation, under God" saying that he hesitated to recite the Pledge as written, because a 9th Circuit Appeals Court decision (declaring God in the Pledge unconstitutional) is currently under review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

In an emergency three-page decision, the Supreme Court ruled that "since the federal government cannot impose religious beliefs on members of Congress and that American citizens, have a perfect right to acknowledge their Divine Creator, the court rules that the "Federal government must immediately and rapidly divest itself of the U.S. Congress."

The ruling calls on the President to "disband the tax supported legislative branch of government; the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate."

Rep. McDermott said, "I'm so excited. Now we have a radically changed form of government free of God and Congress. This ruling is an answer to all of our prayers." 

Sheik Yerbooti, a spokesman for the Congressman, said McDermott, now out of a job, would be traveling to Iraq to apologize to those Muslims offended by the U.S. government's invoking the God of Judaism and Christianity.


Assorted Press reporter, Frank Lee MiDeare, contributed to this report.

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