Fox News host Dana Perino this week suggested that atheists should leave the country instead of trying to maintain the separation of church and state.
September 6, 2013

Fox News host Dana Perino this week suggested that atheists should leave the country instead of trying to maintain the separation of church and state.

In a case before the Massachusetts Supreme Court, atheist lawyer David Niose argued that the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance violates the Equal Rights Amendment of the state's constitution.

"I'm tired of them," Perino complained on Wedneday. "I remember working at the Justice Department years ago when I first started right after 9/11 and a lawsuit like this came through, and before the day had finished, the United States Senate and the House of Representatives had both passed resolutions saying that they were for keeping 'under God' in the pledge."

"If these people really don't like it, they don't have to live here," she added.

"Yeah, that's a good point," co-host Bob Beckel agreed.

"If you don't believe then why do you care?" Perino wondered. "It's just like some guy's name."

(h/t: Newshounds via Friendly Athiest)

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