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Pretty simple really:

If you contribute to our society, that means you have a voice in it. (And often enough, you don't even have to contribute!) You get to vote, and even vote for politic-ans that speak for you, you know represent you. And your voice even sometimes gets to be heard or even acknowledged! And yes, this even includes Christians! This is why we get to have Christmas trees in public places when something like the birth of our saviour is important to us, and so forth.

When Montgomery county Maryland banned santa claus from lighting the town's Christmas tree a few years back, 23 santas showed up to light the tree. The mayor banned something because she didn't want to "offend" someone, not realizing banning santa for the 99% that weren't offended by santa, got really REALLY offended!!!!

This business of banning things is completely out of control! Banning prayer from school is kinda weird to me, as I'm convinced millions of prayers are said in school daily! Perhaps even hourly! I can remember praying over tests! I can even remember praying out loud! And I didn't even get arrested!

And because of the fact that I'm not alone (other Christians work and live here too, contributing to society etc.), those others that have a similar belief system collectively get to have their plural voices heard.

The fact that this is primarily a Christian nation when it comes to religious beliefs, ensures my rights to be free, and to worship and celebrate (or even simply acknowledge God on our coins) in public without fear and remorse in a tolerant setting. This is the spirit of the Constitution.

This is why we even get to have Christian (and unchristian) presidents, and other officials. There are (so far) no stipulations that a president or other officials that make laws, can or can not have any religious beliefs that affect our culture and society. Yes including laws like "allowing" (or not allowing) santa to light the town's tree or other governing particulars!

We don't live in a society where we have to do things secretively. People can even wear crucifixes around their necks here in public! And they can even wear pentagrams around their necks in many if not most public places too. It works both ways!

People that enjoy blaring certain rap music that glorifies gang violence and wholesale anger with foul language with no restraints at intersections, also freely practice what's important to them. While I don't like it, and it's immensely annoying, I can't "ban" it. I can roll up my windows, just like non-Christians can choose not to say "under God" in the pledge or choose not to read IGWT on our coins. Moreover, people don't really even have to USE our coins, they can nowdays even use a credit card at McDonald's!

There may be a day when Mickey Mouse is engraved on our coinage and God is wholly ignored. Perhaps that'll be what's most important to most people, and the elected officials will see fit to make that the priority on our coins.

And I'm free to pray almost every day that if that day ever comes, it'll be long after I'M gone.

Is there anything else you're confused or sorry about Junior?