Plaintiff in VA Flag Salute Case Is Deeply Religious

The Washington Post today carries a profile of Edward R. Myers of Sterling, Virginia, a religious Mennonite who now attends a Catholic church. In 2002, he brought suit challenging the use of "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. The case is now before the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Says Myers: "To me, it's heresy. Government is about keeping civil order. Church is about loving and worshiping God. You don't mix . . . loving God because of free choice with something that's about duty and where you were born."