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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a Virginia law that requires public schools to lead a daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, rejecting a claim that its reference to God was an unconstitutional promotion of religion.
A suit filed by Edward Myers of Sterling, Va., a father of three, raised the objection to the phrase "one nation under God."
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the pledge is a patriotic exercise, not an affirmation of religion similar to a prayer.
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