In Estes Park, Colorado, Trustee David Habecker is under threat of recall. Why? Because he doesn't stand during the Pledge of Allegiance. That's his right, but some citizens don't like it when people exercise rights that they don't approve of. Habecker is suing to stop the recall.
Rocky Mountain News reports:
The lawsuit asks a federal judge to stop the recall effort on the grounds that Habecker has a First Amendment right not to recite the pledge, for both freedom of speech and freedom of religion reasons. His lawsuit calls the phrase "under God" in the pledge a government establishment of religion in violation of the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit also asks a judge to stop the recitation of the pledge during board of trustees meetings, a practice that began in mid-2004, Habecker said.
The Denver Channel reports:
World War II veteran Dewey Shanks, a member of the committee to recall Habecker who is named as a defendant in the suit, said he was offended by Habecker's actions. "He has his rights, and so do we," said Shanks, who doesn't know Habecker personally. "We're at war. And I don't think now is the time to be fighting over this. He shouldn't have brought it up at this time."
I wonder which nation Shanks fought for during World War II. America is a nation where we have free speech and the freedom not to engage in religious oaths if we don’t want. Had he fought for America, he would have fought for those freedoms, which would make fighting against them now unbelievable.
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