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In God We Trust
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:49 pm
by Hakaman
Should the motto "In God We Trust" be removed from U.S. currency?
Yes. It's a violation of the principle of separation of church and state.
No. The motto has historical and patriotic significance and does
nothing to establish a state religion.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10103521/
A chance to vote
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:41 pm
by recumbent
I voted.
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:57 pm
by bearandoldman
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:27 pm
by Curmudgeon
It should be in your heart and on your lips, who cares about the money.
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:01 pm
by Bullseye
I swore, "That I would support and defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, so help me God." And I meant it!
R,
Bullseye
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:03 pm
by bearandoldman
Bullseye wrote:I swore, "That I would support and defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, so help me God." And I meant it!
R,
Bullseye
I hear ya my friend, a man has to have values.
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:19 pm
by Bullseye
Our founding fathers were very clear in their beliefs of God and they said so in the Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
One of the things that they feared was intolerance over individual religious beliefs and a 'one' State religion. They hated the fact that the Church of England was being forced down their throats and fled Britain to end religious persecution.
R,
Bullseye
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:59 pm
by toyfj40
an alternate question could be:
removing the name/signature of current-politicians
from the printed currency. an issue-date is adequate,
if I want to know who was in office when that bill was
printed... I can look-it-up...
now that you got me started...
when I go to the local "County-tax-collector" office
to pay-up for my license-tags... there is a small sign:
"makes checks payable to ******* YYYY, County Clerk"
as a subtle campaign reminder...
I've never made such a check... I use:
" ZZZZZ County Tax Collector"
I've never had a check returned, they always get cashed...
-- toy
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:16 pm
by Hakaman
It should be in your heart and on your lips, who cares about the money.
You are right curm, but I also care about the currency. Many people have fought and died to keep our freedoms in tact, just the way our forefathers agreed upon, currency and all. Besides, a country respectful of God will always be strong. Maybe that's why we see our country faltering these days.
God bless Americam
Haka
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:43 pm
by bearandoldman
Sure hope he blesses us because we could sure use it.
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:37 pm
by Hakaman
Sure hope he blesses us because we could sure use it.
You can say that again. We could use some warm weather w/ sunshine right about now, along with some good eyes to see it.
haka
