Should In God We Trust be Removed from American Currency ?

[SaveElmer]

[Marnieworld]

1. In God SOME Trust is more accurate

If we were truly a secular democracy then this wouldn't be an issue. McCarthy's legacy

[Goldmund]

8. "In God some trust, and some in aliens."

[donheld]

12. In Some god Some trust

:bounce:

[phantom power]

2. My old history teacher in high school liked to say

"You'd better trust in God, because there's nothing else backing up your dollar's value".

He never approved of leaving the gold standard...

But about your question, I'd be perfectly happy to get rid of it, bring back the old "E pluribus unum".

[Senior citizen]

3. We're lucky it isn't, "In Bush We Trust." n/t

[MaryBear]

4. No reason not to trust Her.

[Christof]

5. No.

But I'm biased because I'm an agnostic Christian.

[Goldmund]

6. I think the government should pay me a mil a year...

...just for existing. But I'm biased because I'd like a mansion.

[Burma Jones]

7. I don't think God appreciates being mentioned on money

Render Unto Caesar....................

[MaryBear]

9. She appreciates mention where she can get it,

if it is genuine. * all too often takes Her name in vain and, besides, is mixed up about Her gender!

[Book Lover]

10. Yes!

Geez, why is this even a question? With that phrase on it, every time I pass currency to someone, I am forced to say a lie. I don't trust in any of the gods humans have invented...

[starroute]

11. Blatantly unconstitutional

In the spring of 1963, my high school advanced placement social studies class went down to Washington and got to meet with a variety of government officials, including a Supreme Court justice -- if memory serves, it was Justice Hugo L. Black.

One of my fellow students asked him whether having "In God We Trust" on the money wasn't in violation of separation of church and state. I was expecting he'd give some sort of elaborate explanation of why it was really okay. But to my surprise, he answered quite forcefully that she was absolutely right but that things being what they were, there was no chance of anybody successfully challenging it.

Of course, that's even more true today than it was then. But it was nice, in a funny way, to know that at least somebody within the government was aware of the problem and cared about it and felt as helpless as we did to change things.

[skygazer]

13. Yeah, probably

But I'm more interested in seeing Bush removed from our White House.