We are still collecting stories from those who have had adverse experiences as a result of the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. If you or your children were emotionally or otherwise injured, please provide us with an accounting of the experience(s).
We don’t just want general expressions (e.g., “I think it’s wrong to have ‘under God’ in the Pledge because …”). Although we understand such feelings, those are not of value legally. What we want are specific incidents, such as when a teacher singled out a child, when a friendship was lost, when someone was ridiculed or otherwise harmed due to not saying the “under God” words or sitting through the Pledge recitation as a protest to those words.
- Compose a short, declaration. It should be in numbered paragraphs, as shown below. Again, we’re looking for concrete harms (such as exclusion, intimidation, lost opportunities, being shunned, feeling “left out,” etc.).
- Please sign your declaration – If you can have it notarized as well (without too much hassle or expense), that would be great.
- Send the signed original by regular mail to:
Mike Newdow, PO Box 233345, Sacramento, CA, 95823
- Copy and Paste it – Please copy and paste (or type) your whole story in to the text box below and then press the “Send” button.
- Thank you!
Please use this as an example (Ctrl+C to cut and Ctrl+V to paste into form):
I, Jan Doe, declare as follows:
(1) I live at [address].
(2) When I was in third grade, the Pledge of Allegiance was recited …
(3) I was uncomfortable reciting the Pledge because …
(4) One specific instance was …
(5) Another instance …
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of [STATE] that the foregoing is true and correct.
[Name], [Date]