Michael Newdow

“I'm not trying to take God out of the lives of Christians. I'm trying to get the government out of the business of religion.”

“I am an atheist. I don't believe in God.”

“The government is not supposed to be in the business of religious indoctrination.”

“Every day, my daughter is forced to listen to a state-sponsored religious exercise.”

“It's a religious belief. The government is endorsing it. That's a violation of the Establishment Clause.”

“People should be able to believe whatever they want, but the government shouldn't be telling them what to believe.”

“The 'In God We Trust' motto has nothing to do with the national heritage. It's a religious statement.”

“My daughter is a Plaintiff in this case. She is being injured. She is being taught that her father's beliefs are wrong.”

“What I'm saying is that the government is not allowed to take a position on God.”

“The phrase 'one nation under God' was added in 1954, at the height of the McCarthy era, to distinguish us from the 'godless communists.'”

“I filed the lawsuit because I am an atheist and this offends me, and I have the right to bring up my daughter without God being imposed into her life by her school teachers.”