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Missing national motto restored in Washington
WND ^ | October 2, 2009 | Bob Unruh

Posted on 10/03/2009 6:24:32 AM PDT by opentalk

'In God We Trust' conspicuously absent at launch of Capitol Visitor Center,
Yesterday, individuals across the country who were willing to stand up on behalf of our nation's religious heritage saw a major victory," announced U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., in a website statement this week.

Last year, WND reported Forbes responded to concerns the Christian heritage of the United States had been scrubbed from the 580,000-square-foot facility. He worked with other members of Congress until the Committee on House Administration and the Senate Rules and Administration Committee agreed to include references to the nation's

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: 111th; capital; christianheritage; ingodwetrust; judeochristian; motto; randyforbes; uscapitol; virginia
Forbes said the nation's motto was identified as "E Pluribus Unum," not the correct "In God We Trust." Those words were conspicuously absent from the entire facility, and the Pledge of Allegiance also was ignored in the original planning, among other inaccuracies. "After more than a year of fighting to restore references to our nation's spiritual history stripped from the newly-constructed $621-million Capitol Visitor Center, the engraving of our national motto 'In God We Trust' was unveiled," Forbes said.


1 posted on 10/03/2009 6:24:33 AM PDT by opentalk
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To: opentalk

Again the Democrats were trying to take away the founding principles this nation has stood far since its founding.

Good to see America spoke up on this issue.

In God We Trust.

PROGRESSIVE = DEMOCRAT
PROGRESSIVE = COMMUNIST


2 posted on 10/03/2009 6:37:33 AM PDT by ncfool (Cash for Clunkers - A big failure and Obama and rats want us to trust them with our healthcare!)
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To: ncfool

What kind of a nut would not trust in God, or be ashamed to say it?


3 posted on 10/03/2009 6:56:31 AM PDT by reefdiver (So how's that HOPE & CHANGE working out for ya ?)
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