Atheist Group Sues To Remove Under God From Pledge Of Allegiance In Aberdeen, NJ, a family is suing the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District for having the words under God in the Pledge of Allegiance. According to USA Today, the lawsuit was filed by the American Humanist Association, a secular activist group, on behalf of parents who are choosing to remain anonymous. Both the organization and the family argue that mentioning God in the Pledge of Allegiance constitutes discrimination again atheists. They are also claiming it is against the New Jersey constitution. Its not the place of state governments to take a position on god-belief, said Roy Speckhardt, the executive director of the AHA, in an interview with Religion News Service, The current pledge practice marginalizes atheist and humanist kids as something less than ideal patriots, merely because they dont believe the nation is under God. Contrastingly, the school districts lawyer claims that the officials are following state law, which requires daily recitation of the pledge. Students are not required to participate. All we are doing is abiding by requirements of state law, said attorney David Rubin, We and approximately 590 other school districts in the state. If the group whos brought this lawsuit questions the wisdom of that policy or the legality of it, we believe their arguments are much better directed to the state Legislature whos imposed this requirement on us, rather than suing an individual school district on this matter. The AHA lawsuit also questions the history surrounding the recitation. What do you think? Should one family stop the school district from reciting the pledge to our country? 