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Originally Posted by Qwerty
It might violate your constitution, but it's been on there for a long time now and has become part of your history.
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So what? Congress had no respect for history when it passed the abominable legislation in 1864. It should have no respect for history when the laws are abolished.
PS: The Presbyterians claimed that declaring our trust in God would bring us under the protection of God. However, that was not the case, at least for President Lincoln. He was struck dead, by the hand of God perhaps, on the same day he signed the law putting "In God We Trust" on the nation's coins.
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The design/motto can be considered a sort of national landmark of some sort.
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I agree, it marks the day we turned our backs on God's authority over religion.
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As an atheist myself, I couldn't care less.
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Most people don't care. The American people, while they have allowed the government to assume a tiny bit of advisory authority over their duties to the Creator, consistently reject attempts to expand that authority.
I believe it is important that we understand that "In God We Trust" is an exception to Constitutional principles, not an expression of them. Toward that end, I applaud those who constantly remind us of that.