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What is your opinion in having "In God We Trust" as the United States motto?
God first started appearing on money around the Civil War, mostly because of Christian sentiments at the time. Since then, it's been on most coins, but it wasn't until 1956 that it was made the official motto and required to be on all coins and paper currency. Before 1956, the unofficial motto had been "E pluribus unum", or "Out of many, one".
My question is, does this motto go against the separation of Church and State by having the United States government seemingly promote a religion (specifically Christianity). The United States, ideally, would be a secular nation, inviting people of all religious backgrounds. Should we change our motto to "E pluribus unum" in order to be more religiously neutral and follow our own constitution?
I always find it fascinating, if not a lot frightening, how ignorant many people are about U.S. history and government.
"No we have been a Christian nation for 100's of years and I do not understand why all of a sudden Obama has declared our country secular."
Umm, no, it has never been a Christian nation. It has been a secular nation, founded by some (by no means all) Christians, from the start. They, clearly, possessed more wisdom that the Bible-thumping twits of today could ever imagine.
"Read the preamble to every stated constitution. All but one indicate faith in God."
Sorry, but the only constitution that matters is THE Constitution. Seven of the state constitutions specifically state that atheists cannot hold public office. Some prelude them from jury duty. (Too bad I don't live in one of them on that last count...)
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"but for now it's sort of unrealistic"
It is imminently realistic. Dies for coins and currency change every year. There is no need to make a mass replacement. Let the offensive bits fade away over time, just as did the liberty quarter and the "buffalo" nickle.
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