New Jersey Pledge/IGWT Rally Picket 2004

Here's some old video I dug up after hearing several requests for it.
In 2004 there were several Christian rallies at city halls and state capitol buildings all over America, in support of the words "under God" in the US Pledge of Allegiance and the national motto, "In God We Trust." Some involved actual penants saying those phrases being raised over city and state government buildings, on the official government flagpoles.
One such rally was held at a township hall, city hall to us Texans, and it was put on by members of the Knights of Columbus. Notice the music and the costumes. They were allowed to wear REAL swords for this event.
The reason why I've gotten a lot of requests for this video is that what happens right after the end of this video was so shocking. Well not so shocking to us Atheist activists, but it was darn ugly.
One of us Atheist activists, not me, took our videocamera with him into the crowd of Christians, right after their event finished up. He mingled with them, and said a few challenging things, with respect. They replied with misbehavior and vulgarities. PLEASE take a moment to look at that video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H4QI_n_b9g

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[mijalkuz]

is this an attack on religion or just a statement that religion and government should be separate?

[aajoeyjo]

@mijalkuz - You'd need to watch the video and listen to find out. It's in there.

[TheGeckoNinja]

isn't this the video were a punch of old Christian people were saying that America was founded on Christianity or some shit like that? :/

[aajoeyjo]

TheGeckoNinja Yeah and if you read the info box in the upper right corner of this video page, there's the link to the original video of those Christians misbehaving at this event.

[aajoeyjo]

One of the first things that Europeans seeking religious liberty did when they got here is that they set up theocratic states. They attacked "Indians" as "savages" and one reason for that is that those natives had a different religion.

Religion harms. Always has, always will.

[gaarasonlysoulmate]

In God we trust is illegal. ONE NATION INDIVISIBLE.

[thefakeyeti]

What is really funny/sad/stupid/lame and slash a whole bunch of other things.. is they use that for justification..

They broke the law for so long.. it is TRADITION...

" 'nobody' complained about it when we first did it.. so what is with all the hub bub?"

[thefakeyeti]

It is really funny when they use our currency to "proove" their point..

"See this is proof the founders founded this natian upon christian morals!.. what!? The treaty of tripoli... uhh uhhh uhhh"

Morons.

[AlderDragon]

It is a shame that they've already gotten so for along with breaking the law.