N.J. case puts pledge, religion in spotlight

Philadelphia Inquirer September 24, 2014

Becket legal counsel Diana Verm said the words in the pledge are “a statement of our country’s political philosophy. It’s not a prayer.” Those words signify the belief that “our rights are secure because they don’t come from the state,” Verm said. “They come from a power higher than the state.”

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