Suit Challenges Daily School Recitation of Pledge of Allegiance

The American Humanist Association announced yesterday that it has filed suit in a New Jersey state court challenging New Jersey's statutory requirement that schools open each day with the Pledge of Allegiance that includes the phrase "under God."  The complaint (full text) in American Humanist Association v. Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District, (NJ Super Ct., filed 4/19/2014) which raises only state constitutional claims contends that the daily classroom exercise unconstitutionally discriminates on the basis of religion against plaintiffs who hold Humanist or atheist religious views.