Group Seeks to Block 'In God We Trust' Engraving
We read:
"The nation's largest group of atheists and agnostics filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block an architect from engraving "In God We Trust" and the Pledge of Allegiance at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington. The Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation's lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in western Wisconsin, claims the taxpayer-funded engravings would be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.
The House and Senate passed identical resolutions this month directing the Architect of the Capitol to engrave "In God We Trust" and the pledge in prominent places at the entrance for 3 million tourists who visit the Capitol each year.
The resolution came in response to critics who complained Congress spent $621 million on the new three-story underground center without paying respect to the nation's religious heritage. The center opened in December after years of construction....
"This lawsuit is another attempt by liberal activists to rewrite history and deny that America's Judeo-Christian heritage is an essential foundation stone of our great nation," said Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa.
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11 comments:
The "anti-God, anti-freedom" psycho's never give up, do they. They will not rest until they "force" everyone to believe (or not believe?) as they do. In any rational country, they would be stood up against a wall and handed blindfolds, and rightfuly so.
They have a democratic right to protest and have their voice heard just as their opponents do. The matter can be resolved in the usual way. The US isn't like China or countries where people are shot against a wall for having an opinion!
"unconstitutional endorsement of religion" Where does the Constitution say the government can't "endorse" a religion? I know where it says they can't pass laws regarding the establishment of a religion but no where do I read any provision forbiding the government from saying or writing the word God or Jesus or any thing in the Bible.
Anonymous 1:47 said...
"They have a democratic right to protest and have their voice heard just as their opponents do. The matter can be resolved in the usual way. The US isn't like China or countries where people are shot against a wall for having an opinion!"
Too bad we're not smart enough to learn from China. Yes, they have a right to protest, but they don't have a right to force me to conform to their beliefs, which is exactly what they've been trying to do.
People talk of the religious basis to this country, but Jefferson, Madison and others worked to remove the yoke of the English Monarchy and its justifying power, the Judeo-Christian heritage of the Church of England. Our Constitution is structured to keep the religious zealots such as the pseudo conservative Rep. Steve King from bringing back the yoke of the Judeo-Christian heritage.
It is also very interesting the assumed connection between religion and conservativism. Some of the most conservative writers and philosophers, such as Ayn Rand and Robert Heinlein, were atheists. And some of religious leaders like Jesse Jackson today are very liberal.
Anonymous 1:47 said...
"Yes, they have a right to protest, but they don't have a right to force me to conform to their beliefs, which is exactly what they've been trying to do."
They also don't have a right to waste taxpayer money funding frivolous law suits.
Don't waste good body parts by shooting 'em!
Harvest the parts.
From the source article, "The foundation is seeking a court order to stop the engravings, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates will cost less than $100,000."
They don't have a right to waste taxpayer money funding these engravings.
Now if they want to engrave the following, I would not have any problem with it.
"In _________ we trust".
Better yet, it should read;
"TRUST NO ONE, ESPECIALLY THE GOD-LESS"
Better yet, it should read;
"TRUST NO ONE, ESPECIALLY THE GOD-LESS"
Fine, be sure to tell John Ensign, Mark Sanford, and Chip Pickering from that "Christian" cult group over at C-Street in DC. After all, they put their schlong where it did not belong. God damn hypocrites.
The phrase "Wall of Separation between Church and State" came from a letter that Thomas Jefferson wrote to a Christian women's group reassuring them that the government would not impose a specific denomination of Christianity. It has nothing to do with the government acting like God doesn't exist.
There is no such thing as an "unconstitutional endorsement of religion". There is, however, such a thing as an "unconstitutional establishment of religion." That only happens when a government is paying the salaries of clergy for a state church, or the state exercises control of a church.
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