“[T]he theological doctrines embodied in the 1954 ‘under God’ insertion are foreign if not antithetical to the principles on which the Republic was founded, and, in particular, to the principle of church-state separation embodied in the First Amendment.”

“Church of Freethought was established in 1994 and incorporated into the State of Texas on February 22 of 2001…as a non-profit corporation…COF operates in the Dallas-Fort Worth area as the North Texas Church of Free Thought (‘NTCOF’)…NTCOF is a fully functioning church, not a prank, ruse, paper entity or internet site.”

“[T]o promote and advance, as a moral imperative, the unfettered power of thought over belief, or reason over faith, of facts over revelation and superstition, and of knowledge over dogmas and doctrines, especially in matters of religion and religious opinion.”