Judge: 'In God We Trust' on money isn't religion endorsement https://www.wral.com/judge-in-god-we-trust-on-money-isn-t-religion-endorsement/17602716/ A federal court has ruled that printing "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency doesn't amount to a religious endorsement and therefore doesn't violate the U.S. Constitution. The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin reports the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago made the ruling Thursday in a lawsuit brought by a self-declared Satanist, Kenneth Mayle. He argued that the motto propagates a religious view he opposes. A lower court tossed the suit citing a Supreme Court decision that a motto on currency isn't something people display prominently and thus that people are not forced to publicly advertise views that clash with their own. Mayle appealed to restore the suit, but the 7th Circuit refused, describing the phrase as a "historical reminder" of the nation's heritage.
Curious here too. Do you really have a problem with it not being on money? Interestingly, Abraham Lincoln had a problem with it being in the Constitution. One reason of course why it isn't. As the Court states, "In God We Trust" doesn't amount to a religious endorsement, but rather an historical reminder. Then it follows as a historical reminder of the nation's heritage, it's not a reminder endorsing the nation's heritage is particularly a religious one. As far as it goes, God apparently in which "We Trust", when it is anything at all, is not especially religious but really anything anyone wants it to be.
Apart from the fact that the vast majority of Americans believe in God, and it - as the court says - is part of our traditions and heritage, no. If it was removed tomorrow, it would just be the latest example of an assault on American tradition and belief. I know the moment religion is mentioned on this forum it draws you like a magnet (much in the same way gun control discussions do for me), but I'm not about to get into a religion discussion with you. I realized the futile nature of discussing that topic with you the first and last time I tried it, long ago. Seek Jem for that. I was just interested in why Here4money, who seems to not care about such trivial things, cares about this.
WTF are you talking about? The final draft of the Constitution was ratified in 1787. Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809.
And that’s the key because when we look at this issue vs having the 10 commandments in a court, it becomes a religious endorsement of the justice system itself.