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i'd rather support 'get "in god we trust" off our money'

• joubert 16y ago
  I wish I could exchange all my karma for upvoting this comment. Not that I have a lot, but still.
• duck 16y ago
  Alright, since no one else is commenting on this... why?
  • coderdude 16y ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state_...
  • techiferous 16y ago
    It's about as appropriate as "In Zeus We Trust". It's not something that is representative of the consensus of the American people.
    • duck 16y ago
      They say statistics can be used to prove anything, so I'm not expecting this to change your mind, but poll after poll shows that the majority of people in the USA are Christians. http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html
      • techiferous 16y ago
        But there are two things: (1) relevance and (2) I'm guessing the consensus among Americans is that we wouldn't want merely a majority-rule democracy, but a democracy that also respects the rights of minorities. Using the reasoning of popularity, we could put "Land of the Whites" on our money.
  • mga 16y ago
    we (and when I say "we" I mean "you" because I'm not from the US) should be more concerned about the un-separation of church and state and less about the design
    • jessriedel 16y ago
      The large majority of Americans are Christian, and any even larger percentage believe in some sort of God. Do you really think a major hang-up preventing a separation of Church and State is the phrase on the money? This phrase is an indicator, not a contributing factor.
      • mga 16y ago
        never said it was a factor