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House Adopts Issa Resolution Expressing Support for Words 'Under God' in Pledge of Allegiance

Date: Sept. 29, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Judicial Branch Arts, Entertainment, and History


House Adopts Issa Resolution Expressing Support for Words 'Under God' in Pledge of Allegiance

September 29, 2005 -
Washington, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives, today, by a vote of 383 to 31 adopted a resolution sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa expressing the belief of Congress that the words ‘under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance are constitutional and urging the Supreme Court to clarify the constitutional status of the Pledge as soon as possible.

"We come to this juncture because of an attempt by a very few to scour the public space of religious symbols and expression," said Rep. Issa in a statement for the Congressional Record. "They have targeted federal, state and local governments in a determined effort to erase every single reference to the existence of a higher power from public life. While they claim to be fighting the establishment of religion, what they are really doing is eliminating the freedom of religious expression."

Currently, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the western portion of the country and the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in the Mid-Atlantic have made conflicting rulings on the constitutionality of the words "under God" in the Pledge.

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