A high school senior has won her case over atheists to keep ' under God' in the pledge of allegiance.

Samantha Jones from Highland Regional High School in Blackwood, New Jersey, has defeated efforts by the American Humanist Association to remove the phrase, insisting it is a student's right to read the pledge in its entirety.

A judge in Monmouth County threw out the latest attempt to have the phrase banished from the pledge because it did not violate the state's constitution.

The teenager described America as a country of many beliefs and claimed everyone, including atheists, are protected by 'one nation under God.'

Victory over secularism: Samantha Jones from Highland Regional High School in Blackwood, New Jersey, has defeated efforts by the American Humanist Association to remove the phrase, insisting it is a student's right to read the pledge in its entirety

In a statement released Friday, she said: 'I'm so grateful the court decided that kids like me shouldn't be silenced just because some people object to timeless American values.'

'Ever since I was little, I've recited the Pledge of Allegiance because it sums up the values that make our country great. The phrase 'under God' protects all Americans-including atheists-because it reminds the government that it can't take away basic human rights because it didn't create them.'

Eric Rassbach, Deputy General Counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty added: 'The message today is loud and clear: ''God'' is not a dirty word. The Pledge of Allegiance isn't a prayer, and reciting it doesn't magically create an official state religion.'

United: Pictured with her parents Frank and Michele she claims everyone, including atheists, are protected by 'one nation under God'

Support: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, who ran this campaign to protect the phrase in the pledge, celebrated the victory, saying it proves God is not a dirty word

The legal battle first began when an unnamed family, identified in court papers as John and Jane Doe and their child, sued the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District in February 2014, alleging the phrase 'under God' in the pledge is discriminatory.

The case was filed by the American Humanist Association, which claimed the recitation of the pledge violates Article 1 of the state's constitution.

Samantha was at another school at the time and decided to fight back.

She told Fox News in November: 'I don't think that it's as much about religion as it is about our rights. Everyone has the right to remain silent but they don't have the right to silence everybody else.'

Relieved: In a statement released Friday, Samantha said she was 'grateful the court decided that kids like me shouldn't be silenced just because some people object to timeless American values.'