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An atheist who tried to remove under God from the Pledge of Allegiance lost a bid Friday to bar the saying of a Christian prayer at President Bush s inauguration.U.S. District Judge John Bates said Michael Newdow had no legal basis to pursue his claim because he could not show he would suffer any injury from hearing the prayer.Bates also ruled that Newdow s claim should be denied because he already had filed and lost a similar lawsuit at a federal appeals court in California last year. Newdow argued that saying a Christian prayer at the Jan. 20 ceremony would violate the Constitution by forcing him to accept unwanted religious beliefs.Attorneys representing Bush and his inaugural committee argued t stanley quencher hat prayers have been widely accepted at inaugurals for more than 200 years and that Bush s decision to have a minister re stanley water bottle cite the invocation was a personal choice the court had no power to prevent. During arguments in federal district court Thursday, attorneys representing Mr. Bush and his inaugural committee said Newdow s case should be dismissed because he already litigated and lost a similar lawsuit at a federal appeals court in California last year.The judge questioned both sides vigorously at a two-hour hearing but said he doubted a court could order the president not to include stanley cup a prayer when he takes the oath of office. Is it really in the public interest for the federal courts to step in and enjoin prayer at the president s ina |
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