Tuesday, November 15, 2005

In God We Trust


Thanks go out to A Catholic Life for alerting me to this.

The same man who has filed suit to remove "under God" from the pledge of Allegiance has now filed suit against "In God we trust" on America's currency. He is expected to win the case in the circuit court and take it to the Supreme Court.

Click here to sign a petition to guarantee the right to use and recite the motto and the Pledge of Allegiance.
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7 comments:

  1. Christian ProphetNovember 15, 2005 at 11:58 AM

    The Holy Spirit came through with a great message on this issue of "in God we trust" in The Christian Prophet blog yesterday.

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  2. CarmelNovember 15, 2005 at 12:30 PM

    Oh no! Maybe i'm nieve, but this is really shocking! That's my fave thing about the USA "In God We Trust" it's always sounded so impressive. Removing it, I should hope and pray not!

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  3. justplaincathNovember 15, 2005 at 5:20 PM

    The original Pledge of Allegiance did not say "under God." Those words were added to it in the 1950's since we were an anti-Communist nation, and Communism was godless.

    "In God we trust", however, has a much longer history. It goes back to the birth of our nation, and has been on coins for over 200 years.

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  4. MatthewNovember 15, 2005 at 7:03 PM

    Thanks for blogging on this. I hope others will follow suit and sign this petition.

    The man who filed this claims he is offended by the name of God on currency, but I will be offended, and many others too, if God is taken out of every facet of my life by this person.

    God, help us to love thee.

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  5. DymphnaNovember 15, 2005 at 7:49 PM

    Exactly. How often are the sensibilities of beleivers taken into account when these laws are passed?

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  6. AnonymousNovember 15, 2005 at 8:18 PM

    >> I will be offended, and many others too, if God is taken out of every facet of my life by this person. <<

    If that is the case, then you have some serious thinking to do about your religion and what it means to you. If you truly believe it in yourself you should not have to rely on the government to express it for you. What the US has on its currency, or what you recite to pledge allegiance to your country, does not (and should not) have anything to do with your personal religious beliefs.

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  7. DymphnaNovember 16, 2005 at 8:59 AM

    That may be the case, but why should only certain groups' feelings, i.e., who is "offended" be taken into account in this country. Our constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

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