God References Added to Capitol Visitor Center (

ChristianPost.Com ^ | Wed, Dec. 10 2008 | By Katherine T. Phan

[GonzoII]

Congressional committees have agreed to include references to "In God We Trust" and the Pledge of Allegiance to the newly opened Capitol Visitor Center thanks in part to efforts from the Congressional Prayer Caucus and Virginian Senator J. Randy Forbes...

[GonzoII]

Thanks guys!

[P8riot]

From the comments to the article:

"It's still a shame that this project cost 9 times more than it was budgeted, plus the very existence of this facility appears to be an effort to keep the public from actually going inside the Capitol building itself."

I would agree that "our" government will go to great lengths to distance themselves from "we, the people".

[HighlyOpinionated]

I would agree that "our" government will go to great lengths to distance themselves from "we, the people".

Well, Harry Reid has a sensitive nose and his nose is so much more important than Truth, Justice and The American Way.

[This_far]

Considering that they ‘referenced’ it $621 million times, it’s more than appropriate.

(There should be a Harry’s Happy air freshener display somewhere too... )

[trustandobey]

Lets all send him a plug in air freshner refill.

[r_barton]

The Obama transition website lists the Presidential Oath of Office, but leaves out, “So Help Me God”. Is he going to leave that line out when he takes the Oath?

http://change.gov/learn/inauguration

[savedbygrace]

I think they’re just quoting the Constitution. Not every President has added “So help me God.”

[upchuck]

From the article:

DeMint, however, said "more needs to be done" to accurately tell the story of the history of America and of the Capitol.

“The current CVC displays are left-leaning and in some cases distort our true history. Exhibits portray the federal government as the fulfillment of human ambition and the answer to all of society’s problems," the South Carolinian senator stated on the opening day of the CVC.

"This is a clear departure from acknowledging that Americans’ rights ‘are endowed by their Creator’ and stem from ‘a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence,'" added DeMint.

He and other conservative lawmakers still take issue with the large engraving stating, "We have built no temple but the Capitol. We consult no common oracle but the Constitution," a quote from the 1800s American lawyer Rufus Choate that greets visitors to the CVC.

"This is an intentional misrepresentation of our nation’s real history, and an offensive refusal to honor America's God-given blessings," remarked DeMint.

"The fundamental principles of the freedom we enjoy in this country stem from our Founding Fathers’ beliefs in a higher power, beliefs put forth in the Declaration of Independence and manifest throughout our Constitution," stated DeMint.

"If we cease to acknowledge this fact, we may cease to enjoy some of the freedoms we take for granted. We must not censor historical references to God for the sake of political correctness. And we must truthfully represent the limited form of government the Constitution lays out so that our ‘government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.’ So help us God.”

DeMint has suggested that future displays to the CVC include the Aitken Bible of 1782, the only Bible ever printed by an act of Congress, and the text of President Lincoln's second Inaugural and his Bible to go with the Inaugural table, which is already displayed at the CVC.

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[sten]

so this is what i get for my income tax dollars??

being a single guy w/ no kids, i’ve always wondered, since my roads are paid for by the gas tax, police and fire by my property tax... and please, don’t say i get the military unless i can call in air strikes.

so, for 6 digit taxes... i get... a tourist attraction???!!

seriously?!

[angkor]

>>>> the very existence of this facility appears to be an effort to keep the public from actually going inside the Capitol building itself.”<<<<<<

I disagree with that but it does seem to be a bomb shelter for Congress, inspired mainly by 9/11 and the prospect of an airliner zooming down the Mall and plummeting into the Capitol dome.

I once had a job that brought me into the Capitol several times a week, and I can understand the need to have some kind of immediate escape shelter there. The Capitol is (a) now a target for terrorists and (b) an old building with old building weaknesses and old building inconveniences of entry and exit.

It’s doubtful that anyone who makes it to the underground visitors center will not stick around to take a tour of the Capitol building itself.