Certain ceremonial references to God and religion in our nation are the inevitable consequence of the religious history that gave birth to our founding principles of liberty, O'Connor wrote.. ... atheist, Newdow, 50, began his fight against the references to God in Pledge of Allegiance..…

At the height of Cold War in 1954, Congress amended it to refer to one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.. ... By the fact that they did find way to keep the words, The Supreme Court took the easy way out, adding that she was God as part of Pledge of..…