Sullivan gets boost from ruling on 'God'

[The Straight Story]

Sullivan gets boost from ruling on 'God'

BY DAVID BURGER, Californian staff writer
e-mail: [e-mail] | Tuesday, Jun 13 2006 10:55 PM

Last Updated: Tuesday, Jun 13 2006 10:59 PM

Councilwoman Jacquie Sullivan, bolstered by a Monday court decision, is pressing on with plans to expand her "In God We Trust" program to the rest of the state.

"We're in this for the long haul," she said.

Monday, a federal judge in Sacramento dismissed Michael Newdow's lawsuit against the U.S. Congress, in which Newdow claimed that having the national motto "In God We Trust" printed on currency offended him and was unconstitutional.

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Sullivan sees the judge's ruling as a trend.

"The pendulum is starting to swing back," she said.

After she convinced the City Council to add "In God We Trust" to council chambers in 2002, Sullivan started an organization called "In God We Trust-America" that seeks to affix the motto to city halls throughout the nation.

http://www.bakersfield.com/619/story/56860.html

[xchrom]

1. good luck with that in oakland, berkeley, san francisco,

santa cruz, -- well every place that counts in cali and most of oregon and washington.

won't happen in new york either -- but they'll LOVE IT in bum-fuck, utah.

[demosincebirth]

2. Bakersfield? The redneck capital of California.

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3. Hey now, I might be moving there someday!

Wife is from there. And while she is a red head, her neck is freckled and not red ;)

[demosincebirth]

4. Only thing good there is if there is cheap gas, you might find it there.

I'm sure that there are many good progressives there, also.