“When a staff member told me this [Elk Grove v. Newdow decision], I frankly, thought they were joking. This is a decision that offends our national morality, that rejects the most universally-shared values of our country, that diminishes our unity and that attempts to undercut our strength at a time after September 11, when we need the strength and unity that our shared faith in God has historically brought the American people and does today.

There may have been a more senseless, ridiculous decision issued by a court somewhere at some time, but I’ve never heard of it.”