Atheists filed a lawsuit against school on behalf of New Jersey parents who condemn the fact that their child is exposed to hearing the words "under God" during daily oration of the Pledge of Allegiance due to a state law.

The American Humanist Association (AHA) is the group who filed on behalf of the Jersey family. The AHA's slogan reads "Good without a God." The organization specified in a written statement released that the school-sponsored pledge with its accompanying "under God" expression discriminates against atheist children.

"Public schools should not engage in an exercise that tells students that patriotism is tied to a belief in God," David Niose, attorney for the AHA's Appignani Humanist Legal Center, said in the group's press release. "Such a daily exercise portrays atheist and humanist children as second-class citizens, and certainly contributes to anti-atheist prejudices."

The AHA says the Pledge defies Article 1 of the state Constitution that says: "No person shall be denied the enjoyment of any civil or military right, nor be discriminated against in the exercise of any civil or military right, nor be segregated ... in the public schools, because of religious principles."

The school's district lawyer David Rubin said the district is merely following a state law that requires schools to have a daily recitation of the pledge. He told NorthJersey.com that individual students do not have to participate. 

"We are disappointed that this national organization has targeted Matawan-Aberdeen for merely obeying the law as it stands," Rubin responded in a written statement.

People on social media chimed in on the matter.

"Take it up with the US Congress. They added the words," one post read.

Another said, "If the atheist have a problem with 'under GOD' then don't say it.  Although they don't believe that GOD exist and that it is a myth, they sure are doing everything they can to eliminate HIM."

Someone else added, "If athiests don't believe in anything...why are they so concerned with nothing."

The AHA is awaiting a ruling from a court on a similar case in Massachusetts.