The ` ` under the '' represents a ` ` patriotic exercise , not a religious one , '' court ordered . Roy Speckhardt , the executive director of the American Humanist Association , an atheist group that provided legal services for the plaintiffs , called the decision a setback . It was brought by an unidentified family of a student at a school in suburban Boston . They argued that pledge discriminates against atheist students .
The ` ` under the '' represents a ` ` patriotic exercise , not a religious one , '' court ordered . It was brought by an unidentified family of a student at a school in suburban Boston . They argued that pledge discriminates against atheist students .