The left’s jihad against the Pledge of Allegiance continues.

FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — A family is suing a New Jersey school district and its superintendent, seeking to have the phrase “under God” removed from the Pledge of Allegiance that students recite every day.

A lawsuit against the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District filed in Superior Court in Monmouth County, N.J., on behalf of the family, who wish to remain unidentified, and the American Humanist Association claims that the practice of acknowledging God in the Pledge of Allegiance discriminates against atheists, in violation of New Jersey’s constitution.

But the school district’s attorney says the district is simply following a state law that requires pupils to recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily.

“All we are doing is abiding by requirements of state law, we and approximately 590 other school districts in the state,” said the attorney, David Rubin, to whom Schools Superintendent David M. Healy referred questions about the lawsuit.

“If the group who’s brought this lawsuit questions the wisdom of that policy or the legality of it, we believe their arguments are much better directed to the state Legislature who’s imposed this requirement on us, rather than suing an individual school district on this matter,” Rubin said.

The American Humanist Association is a Washington, D.C.-based, non-profit organization that works to protect the rights of atheists, humanists and other non-religious Americans.