By TERENCE CHEA (AP) SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected two legal challenges by Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow, who... 

Faith and Action president Rob Schenck will attend the December 2 funeral for the Reverend Dr. George M. Docherty, the minister famous for having preached the sermon that gave our Pledge of Allegiance the phrase “Under God.” Dr. Docherty, who died on Thanksgiving Day, delivered his “Under God” message at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC, on February 7, 1954. In the congregation...