Lawsuit to be filed over "In God we trust" on coins and currency

This issue has been through the courts how many times over the years?
Well, here
we go again.


http://www.wltx.com/news/news19.aspx?storyid=32301

Waste of time. No one cares about a generic "God", well, almost no one.

It should never have put on our money but we all know the story. I
think he has a fair chance in winning his case.

I also think dead presidents shouldn't be on our coins and currency.
It's not a constitutional issue just that I liked the various liberty
personifications better.

Jorg Lueke wrote:
Waste of time. No one cares about a generic "God", well, almost no
one.

Athiests of course, but as we're the last group that can be
discriminated against publicly without recourse, I don't see this
getting very far.

--
Bob

I'm an atheist and I couldn't care less. If they replaced God with
Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, Vishnu, or Moses I can see why one would
complain. It is the national motto and can be changed easily enough by
Congress. Whatever, it'll go through the courts. Hopefully he'll
loose otherwise the religoius wackos will start a new firestorm of
protest and legislation to "Save God".

"stonej" wrote in message
oups.com...
This issue has been through the courts how many times over the years?
Well, here
we go again.


http://www.wltx.com/news/news19.aspx?storyid=32301

The guy is on a roll, I guess. He had success in the case of the pledge of
allegiance. It may be a little more difficult for money. I think the law
requires a legend, motto, and denomination for a coin to be legal tender.
Hmm... denomination... should this also be stricken? It does have religious
implications.

Ah, well, it will give country music musicians something else to sing about
if God is removed from our money. Personally, I think some people have a lot
of time on their hands. Maybe they should just join a Usenet group :-)

Anita

stonej wrote:

This issue has been through the courts how many times over the years?
Well, here
we go again.

http://www.wltx.com/news/news19.aspx?storyid=32301



Radical religious fundamentalist want to establish a government in the
US based on their religious beliefs.

http://www.reandev.com/taliban/

There is nothing in the Constitution that says “separation of church and
state”.

The very first line of the very first amendment to the US Constitution
says it all.

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

respecting

1. To feel or show deferential regard for; esteem.

2. To avoid violation of or interference with.

3. To relate or refer to; concern.

establishment

1. something established: as a : a church recognized by law as the
official church of a nation or state and supported by civil authority b
: a permanent civil or military organization c : a place of residence or
esp. business with its furnishings and staff

2. a : an act of establishing b : the state of being established

JAM

Reason being that they didn't want to have an official "state church"
that
was common in many European countries and lead to religious persecution
over the years. (many people came to the new world in order to escape
situations like that)

On 14 Nov 2005 06:56:30 -0800, "jcsuperstar"
wrote:

It should never have put on our money but we all know the story. I
think he has a fair chance in winning his case.

I also think dead presidents shouldn't be on our coins and currency.
It's not a constitutional issue just that I liked the various liberty
personifications better.

Regardless of beliefs, can you imagine a year with all the coinage at
the first half of the year "with motto" followed by the rest of the
year "without motto". What a new bunch of collectible coins we'd
have. Modern junk would jump right back up there in value.
Cliff

"Cliff" wrote in message
...
On 14 Nov 2005 06:56:30 -0800, "jcsuperstar"
wrote:

It should never have put on our money but we all know the story. I
think he has a fair chance in winning his case.

I also think dead presidents shouldn't be on our coins and currency.
It's not a constitutional issue just that I liked the various liberty
personifications better.

Regardless of beliefs, can you imagine a year with all the coinage at
the first half of the year "with motto" followed by the rest of the
year "without motto". What a new bunch of collectible coins we'd
have. Modern junk would jump right back up there in value.
Cliff


Imagine this: What if the lawsuit was successful, and forced a recall?

jim menning