All it needs is backing by the Supremes

As if he doesn’t have enough on his plate already, atheist-activist Michael Newdow is selling a CD of folk songs -- with a rap thrown in for good measure -- celebrating the separation of church and state. Newdow, an emergency-room doctor with a law degree, argued last month before the U.S. Supreme Court that the words “under God” should be removed from the Pledge of Allegiance.

“Liberty and Justice for All” (available on his website) features such catchy tunes as “Bill O’Reilly” (“Won’t you play fair, Bill O’Reilly? Won’t you play fair?”) and a ditty that takes on Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia.

Naturally, Newdow has penned a song devoted to the pledge. An excerpt:

Old Religion Blues

It all began one Sunday, in 1954

That old Pledge of Allegiance it needed something more

Though it seemed to be working for sixty-something years ...

The world was filled with danger. Got worse with every hour.

The people put the call in to Dwight D. Eisenhower

He had to save the children. The daddies and the mommies

They all needed protection from those scheming, evil commies

At least that’s what they fed us. It couldn’t be a ruse

They had the Pledge of Allegiance needs some old religion blues.

-- Michael T. Jarvis