Posted on 01/25/2008 1:02:59 PM PST by tpanther
"In God We Trust" Back in Proper Place on New $1 Presidential CoinsJanuary 07, 2008 ANN ARBOR, MI – In March 2007, the Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, alerted Americans that the federal government had removed “In God We Trust” from the face of newly minted $1 Presidential coins and relegated our national motto to the virtually unreadable edge of the coin. The motto appeared to be merely scratches on the edge, unless one looked for it with a magnifying glass. To make matters worse, thousands of the coins did not even have the motto stamped on the edge as required by law.
Outraged that Congress had effectively accomplished what atheists had been unsuccessfully trying to do for years, Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Law Center, encouraged the public not to use the coins and to petition Congress to repeal the 2005 law that required the U.S. Mint to place the motto on the edge of the coins.
The public outcry was heard. Legislation introduced by Senators. Sam Brownback, R. – KS, and Robert Byrd, D. – WV, that would return "In God We Trust" to a more visible location on the face of the coins passed both houses of Congress and is awaiting President Bush's signature.
The Thomas More Law Center defends and promotes the religious freedom of Christians, time-honored family values, and the sanctity of human life through education, litigation, and related activities. It does not charge for its services. The Law Center is supported by contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations, and is recognized by the IRS as a section 501(c)(3) organization. You may reach the Thomas More Law Center at (734) 827-2001 or visit our website at www.thomasmore.org.
I thought our motto was “E Pluribus Unum”.
That is such bull!
If you need a magnifying glass to read it around the edge, you need a magnifying glass to read it on the face of the coin.
Not necessarily...the edge engraving is incused, while the surface is raised.
I think the edge printing is cool.
A law passed by the 84th Congress (P.L. 84-140) and approved by the President on July 30, 1956, the President approved a Joint Resolution of the 84th Congress, declaring IN GOD WE TRUST the national motto of the United States. IN GOD WE TRUST was first used on paper money in 1957, when it appeared on the one-dollar silver certificate. The first paper currency bearing the motto entered circulation on October 1, 1957. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) was converting to the dry intaglio printing process. During this conversion, it gradually included IN GOD WE TRUST in the back design of all classes and denominations of currency.
Mountain out of a molehill.
Our congress hard at work on the burning issues of the day...
In God We Trust is the current official national motto of the United States and the U.S. state of Florida. In God We Trust became the official U.S. national motto after the passage of an Act of Congress in 1956.
In God We Trust is also found on the current flag of Georgia, flag of Florida, and the Seal of Florida. It was first adopted by the state of Georgia for use on flags in 2001, and subsequently included on the Georgia flag of 2003. In Florida, it became the state motto during the term of Republican governor Jeb Bush, a Roman Catholic, who signed the bill making it so into law. Starting in 2007, the phrase can also be found on the license plates of Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Ohio (it can be selected among offered designs)........
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust
The claim that you need a “magnifying glass” is ridiculous. The etching is not shallow nor is it any smaller than the raised lettering.
Difficulty reading incused lettering is not alleviated by using a magnifying glass.
I remember when this came up before.
It was much ado about nothing then, and it’s much ado about nothing now.
And the edge printed motto looked cool as all get out, no matter what certain stuffy types thought.
(so there)
Yup, and now it’s been corrected.
Not that the forces of idiocy like Michael Newdow will continue his agenda like hijacking children to fight against ‘Under God’ in the pledge...
next will be trying to remove crosses out of Arlington.
as oppopsed to what they normally do...????
unforutnately it’s not the side of the sane folks that is forcing the isssue. Christians aren’t trying to do anything but perserve our nation’s heritage...
meanwhile liberals have hijacked judges, schools and so forth to dismantle every remnant of Christianity fom the public view.
I say it’s high time to fight back before it’s too late!
Ummm, NO. It was already in the news. This TMLC seem to be doing a lot of PR stories this week.
I thought the lettering on edge looks kool.
I hope it makes my 5 proof sets worth more money.
I am in favor of placing “In God We Trust” back on the face of the coin. I didn’t see the need to change it in the first place. The face of the coin is a more fitting and prominent location for the phrase.
In many cases it was left off all together, so yeah in THAT regard a magnifying glass wouldn’t help.
I wouldn’t mind having those misprints.
fascinating...
‘stuffy types’ that speak up about the lunacy going on all around us...from trying to force ‘Under God’ from being removed from the pledge, to removing crosses from national cemeteries...
next we’ll have these insane ACLU types telling us the SCOTUS building will need to have tax payers pay to have the Ten Commandments chiseled out of the building!
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