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Louisiana requires "In God We Trust"

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Law requires Louisiana public schools to display '''in God we trust''' signs [Video]

"New school year brings requirement that all public schools in Louisiana must display national motto; reaction and analysis from Fox News contributor Jonathan Morris."

Now, this is very interesting. Because it's on the coins. So, how can you tell them they can't display this, and yet have it on federal money?

They are gonna lose this lawsuit.

It shouldn't be on coins either...
 
They are gonna lose this lawsuit.

It shouldn't be on coins either...

Well, I agree it shouldn't be in coins, but I don't think they'll lose.
 
Law requires Louisiana public schools to display '''in God we trust''' signs [Video]

"New school year brings requirement that all public schools in Louisiana must display national motto; reaction and analysis from Fox News contributor Jonathan Morris."

Now, this is very interesting. Because it's on the coins. So, how can you tell them they can't display this, and yet have it on federal money?

Good luck to them but this has been an ongoing battle that has been lost by opponents of the "In God We Trust" label on currency and even labeling it on public buildings.

Myself personally the label wasn't needed when the country came about and it isn't needed now except for those that wish to force a deity upon others. However, the label has survived despite opposition.
 
Well, I agree it shouldn't be in coins, but I don't think they'll lose.

Since similar lawsuits have failed I don't expect this one to go any differently.
 
Good luck to them but this has been an ongoing battle that has been lost by opponents of the "In God We Trust" label on currency and even labeling it on public buildings.

Myself personally the label wasn't needed when the country came about and it isn't needed now except for those that wish to force a deity upon others. However, the label has survived despite opposition.

Yes it has. And currently the country has a lot of people who couldn't care less about the Constitution in positions of power.
 
Yes it has. And currently the country has a lot of people who couldn't care less about the Constitution in positions of power.

Well it shouldn't be surprising since we have opponents of a woman wanting to have decision making ability over her own body and usually they invoke a deity in their support.
 
Law requires Louisiana public schools to display '''in God we trust''' signs [Video]

"New school year brings requirement that all public schools in Louisiana must display national motto; reaction and analysis from Fox News contributor Jonathan Morris."

Now, this is very interesting. Because it's on the coins. So, how can you tell them they can't display this, and yet have it on federal money?

The real question is why is it important? We have churches and billboards on every corner.
 
It's pretty straightforward. The motto was changed after World War 2 in response to the "godless commies". It should have never been allowed to be changed to "In God We Trust", but there's certainly no sign of it being changed again anytime soon - even more so now with our current Supreme Court.
 
The real question is why is it important? We have churches and billboards on every corner.

Well, the original point of the motto was as propaganda from our government. Undoubtedly, they cared little for whether it actually promoted Christianity, or religious freedom, but they just wanted something to make Americans scared of communists. And religious people are always frightened of those that don't believe as they do.

Nowadays, it's very clearly used in cases like this as religious politicians attempting to force their religion on us as some retribution for what they see as a degradation of our nation, or some similar garbage.
 
Well, the original point of the motto was as propaganda from our government. Undoubtedly, they cared little for whether it actually promoted Christianity, or religious freedom, but they just wanted something to make Americans scared of communists. And religious people are always frightened of those that don't believe as they do.

Nowadays, it's very clearly used in cases like this as religious politicians attempting to force their religion on us as some retribution for what they see as a degradation of our nation, or some similar garbage.

The really sad part is the support of the motto isn't for legitimate reasons like "Cost in changing the printing" (not that we couldn't fund that), the primary support is in idiotic reasons like "It's always been in there (which is false)" or it's supported via religious aspects.
 
Well, the original point of the motto was as propaganda from our government. Undoubtedly, they cared little for whether it actually promoted Christianity, or religious freedom, but they just wanted something to make Americans scared of communists. And religious people are always frightened of those that don't believe as they do.

Nowadays, it's very clearly used in cases like this as religious politicians attempting to force their religion on us as some retribution for what they see as a degradation of our nation, or some similar garbage.

This is Ted Cruz's father. *shudders*

 
The real question is why is it important? We have churches and billboards on every corner.

It's important because it's a matter of trust.

Governments can be scary mother****ers. They need to show that they're not. They need to show that they're not going to impose themselves on the people in a way that goes against certain principles.
 
It's important because it's a matter of trust.

Governments can be scary mother****ers. They need to show that they're not. They need to show that they're not going to impose themselves on the people in a way that goes against certain principles.

Hence the reason for the Constitution. The Founding Fathers knew our government could be turned into a tyranny so it was written to prevent that.
 
Hence the reason for the Constitution. The Founding Fathers knew our government could be turned into a tyranny so it was written to prevent that.

Yes, but then what happens when the Constitution ends up producing tyranny? For the most part this exists because of the way elections function.
 
Yes, but then what happens when the Constitution ends up producing tyranny? For the most part this exists because of the way elections function.

How can it produce tyranny?
 
How can it produce tyranny?

Well, let's say that when the president gets elected, there were only two viable candidates. The system allows this to happen. People feel there are only two viable candidates so they don't bother voting for anyone else. And when they do vote, often they're voting AGAINST someone, rather than for their preferred candidate.

Then you have the Supreme Court, justices appointed by the president with the Senate's hand.

Then you have the Senate, which is probably the part of government that actually is elected as it was supposed to. However in the modern era this leads to an imbalance based on whether you have more of the smaller states at your disposal.

Then you have the gerrymandered House.

All in all the third party in the US has had zero presidents, has zero members of the House or the Senate, zero Supreme Court justices, zero governors of states, zero members of state upper houses, one member of state lower houses, and only another 182 elected officials in the whole country.

I could do the figures for you, showing just how undemocratic this all is, but I suppose you know already.

This has led to a system of government which is easily controlled.

Imagine for a minute that you're a billionaire who just wants to control the future of the country. Well, it's open for the taking. The Supreme Court ruled that spending money on politics is free speech. Wow. Allows you to spend whatever you like wherever you like. As long as you hide where the money comes from, people don't even realize you're doing it.

You can easily control Congress. Why? Because you make sure people know money is important. One Senate seat election, in PA I think, cost MORE than the whole of Germany's federal elections. Money buys success and you can direct your money easily because there are only two political parties to control.

You have a Senate seat, you only need to fund on candidate because there are only two candidates who are viable. In Germany this wouldn't be possible, as you'd have to target the whole country. Not just small areas and with so little opposition too.

Leads to politicians who are there for the money. Lick the rich man's ass and gold will come pouring out. All you have to be is the sort of guy whose principles are money, money and maybe some loose women, and you're the "perfect candidate" and you will receive a lot of money.
 
The posters against the motto have no non-self-contradictory argument for their view, but are very fortunate to lack the self-awareness requisite to realize that they have no non-self-contradictory argument for their view.
 
Law requires Louisiana public schools to display '''in God we trust''' signs [Video]

"New school year brings requirement that all public schools in Louisiana must display national motto; reaction and analysis from Fox News contributor Jonathan Morris."

Now, this is very interesting. Because it's on the coins. So, how can you tell them they can't display this, and yet have it on federal money?

If atheists were half as comfortable in their beliefs as they put on they wouldn't be so scared by displays of religiosity. It's like they are afraid they might accidentally start to have faith. :lol:
 
Well, the original point of the motto was as propaganda from our government. Undoubtedly, they cared little for whether it actually promoted Christianity, or religious freedom, but they just wanted something to make Americans scared of communists. And religious people are always frightened of those that don't believe as they do.

Nowadays, it's very clearly used in cases like this as religious politicians attempting to force their religion on us as some retribution for what they see as a degradation of our nation, or some similar garbage.
In God we Trust has been on our coins since after the civil war. It was used to promote unity after the civil war. It was during the cold war era when it was added to our regular paper currency.



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the two cent coin is the where the motto first appeared.
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If atheists were half as comfortable in their beliefs as they put on they wouldn't be so scared by displays of religiosity. It's like they are afraid they might accidentally start to have faith. :lol:

If Christians were half as comfortable in their beliefs as they put on, they wouldn't be so scared to have "In God We Trust" removed from currency. It's like they are afraid they might accidentally lose their faith if it wasn't on currency. :lol:
 
The current disposition of the courts suggest this challenge has no chance.

Note, I did not say Constitutional argument. I am only referring to the courts.

While everyone is paying attention to the Democratic hopefuls and whatever asinine comment Trump comes up with next, behind the scenes and not very well covered Republicans in the Senate and Trump have stacked the courts “conservative” at just about every level where these challenges would show up.

I mean think about it my friends. Why do you think Louisiana is trying this at this particular time? Why do you think Alabama, Georgia, and several others are orchestrating the next challenge to prior Roe v Wade decision(s)?

The courts are being stacked to allow these actions to stand. Fair warning.
 
But there are over 2,500 deities of the world...just which one are we talking about here?
 
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