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	<Title type="string" label="Title" readonly="false" hidden="false" required="false" ID="1">Illusory Arguments in Support of "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance</Title><Abstract type="dhtml" label="Description" readonly="false" hidden="false" required="false" ID="2"><![CDATA[<p>The Secular Law Students Asscociation invite the VLS community to attend Michael Newdow's presentation, <em>Illusory Arguments in Support of "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance</em>. <br />Michael Newdow, a lawyer, physician and minister in the First Atheist Church of True Science, advocated for the seperation of church and state in public institutions. He filed a lawsuit challenging the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. He argued the case before the U.S. Supreme Court and lost. He plans new challenges to "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and another challenge to the motto "In God We Trust" on the coins and currency.</p>]]></Abstract><Location type="string" label="Location" readonly="false" hidden="false" required="false" ID="3">Chase Community Center</Location><ContactInfo type="string" label="Contact Information" readonly="false" hidden="false" required="false" ID="4">Professor Cheryl Hanna at (802) 831-1282 or &lt;a href="mailto:channa@vermontlaw.edu"&gt;channa@vermontlaw.edu&lt;/a&gt;</ContactInfo><EventStartDate type="date" label="Date" readonly="false" hidden="false" required="true" display="localdateshort" UTC="true" ID="5">20111108T17:00:00</EventStartDate><EventStartTime type="date" label="Time" readonly="false" hidden="false" required="false" display="localdateshorttime" UTC="true" ID="6">19700101T17:45:00</EventStartTime><Image type="imagefile" label="Thumbnail" readonly="false" hidden="false" required="false" Expanded="true" AlternateText="" Border="" HSpace="" VSpace="" Width="1" Height="1" Alignment="" ID="7"/><EventEndDate type="date" label="End Date" readonly="false" hidden="false" required="false" display="localdateshort" ID="9" UTC="true"/><EventEndTime type="date" label="End Time" readonly="false" hidden="false" required="false" display="localdateshorttime" UTC="true" ID="10">19700101T19:00:00</EventEndTime><Recurrence type="enumeration" values="Day Week Month" label="Recurrence" readonly="false" hidden="false" required="false" ID="11"/><RecurrenceEndDate type="date" label="Recurrence End Date" readonly="false" hidden="false" required="false" display="localdateshort" ID="12" UTC="true"/><EventCategory type="multiselect" label="Event Category" readonly="false" hidden="false" required="false" PageSize="" Query_SelectedFields="@Name" Query_LocationRoot="" Query_PageType="Category" MaxChoices="" AdditionalFilter_XPathQuery="" ID="13"/></EventComponent>
