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Posts Tagged ‘in god we trust’
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
At the moment, we have:
YES: 8.9%
NO: 91%
Vote here at MSNBC.
In all honesty, I personally don’t care if it says or does not say “In God we Trust” on US currency. It doesn’t affect me. I am more concerned with having humanity move onto a post-theistic world. However, the current results of the poll are rather pathetic.
It is obvious that having “In God we Trust” on currency is a violation of the separation of church and state. It blatantly advertises the government’s support of some sort of supernatural entity. I don’t care though. At the moment there are bigger fish to fry. These fish affect us in greater ways than these four words on paper. Fish such as the poor state of the school systems in the US, fundamentalism, and faith-based initiatives should occupy our minds more.
Tags: establishment clause, first amendment, in god we trust, msnb, poll
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