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Blog - Wednesday, January 14, 2009 20:57 - 20 Comments
“In God We Trust”?
There seems to be a massive misunderstanding in America. There are many Christians who erroneously believe the phrase “In God We Trust” has always been on their currency, and it’s those evil atheists who wish to remove God from their precious Christian nation. This is far from the truth.
The American Constitution is in no way founded on any set of values that might be considered Christian. You can easily find a copy of the constitution online and do a quick search for the terms “God”, “Jesus”, “Christian”, or “Faith” and will come up empty handed.
The public records are clear – the phrase “In God We trust” was added as an Act of Congress in 1956. This is in clear violation of the Constitution, which explictly prohibits the promotion or discrimination of any religion by the government – that is what it means to be secular.
What the crazy Christians fail to realise is that the separation of church and state applies to everyone. What would the reaction be if a Muslim group managed to get “In Allah We Trust” onto the currency? What if a Jewish organisation managed to convince the Health Department that non-kosher food was to be banned?
The freedoms that are meant to be upheld by the American Consitution have been trampled by the addition of “In God We Trust” to the currency. It should be removed immediately.