Posted on 07/29/2014 5:01:45 PM PDT by Publius
Should “In God We Trust” adorn the chambers of Washington state’s Pierce County Council?
That’s the apparently controversial question facing councilmembers on Tuesday, a day after a council committee decided to bring the proposal to a vote of the full seven-member council, the Tacoma News Tribune reports. Councilman Jim McCune, the Republican sponsor of the measure, said the national motto is inspiring and patriotic — and he’s unclear why the proposal has created such controversy.
“’In God We Trust’ is universal,” he told the newspaper. “It doesn’t have ‘In Muhammad We Trust,’ it doesn’t have ‘In Jesus We Trust.’”
Council Chairman Dan Roach said most of the 20 emails he read as of Monday opposed displaying a plaque emblazoned with the motto, which has reportedly become part of a national movement in local government buildings, with nearly 400 cities and counties in 23 states voting to display the motto.
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WA ping.
How long until someone writes in below it, “.....all others pay cash.”
20 emails! Yikes! G-d is doomed by 20 goons from the “openly gay” crowd. I wonder how many of the emails had pictures of Carlos Danger’s wiener attached.
They may or may not be gay, but to be upset about the grand total of 20 e-mails is the height of cowardice.
Bet there would be no objections to ‘ In Allah We Trust’.
It just shows us how screwed up we are as a country when the words “In God We Trust” are considered controversial.
To back up their convictions, these folks should through away all their money.
In Virginia, we can choose to have the motto on our license plates.
Same thing in Georgia when I was living there.
Long live the Bible belt!
The State of Florida used the motto, “In God Is Our Trust” from an early date. During the Civil War, the Union began putting “In God We Trust” on coinage.
I don’t think it was ever considered controversial until fairly recently.
For legal purposes, atheism needs to either be acknowledged as not a position that can address religious issues, or a religion that believes in a non-conscious God.
Having atheism be allowed to oppose religious beliefs without these conditions is equivalent to allowing Sharia legal principles as valid arguments in an American court.
Congress intervened, and from that point on, the coin displayed the motto.
Having atheism be allowed to oppose religious beliefs without these conditions is equivalent to allowing Sharia legal principles as valid arguments in an American court.
Which you will no doubt see in your lifetime.
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