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The phrase “In God We Trust” should be permanently removed from all US currency. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion …” — the First Amendment

Those 10 words — the first phrase of the Bill of Rights — have been the focus of hotly contested debates and countless lawsuits seeking to reach a consensus on precisely what the framers of the U.S. Constitution intended when they drafted what has come to be known as the establishment clause of the First Amendment. Interplay between religion and government is a decidedly sensitive topic, and determining just how much (if at all) one sphere can interact with the other is difficult and inevitably opinion oriented.

First amendment says that government doesn’t have the …show more content…

(“When the government of the United States sees fit to place the value of patriotism or adherence to constitutional principles predominantly in a religious context, whether on coins or in the form of a pledge, an oath, or an invocation, it serves to weaken the bonds that hold all citizens of this country in common. We ask that the symbolism on our coins and currency not serve to divide Americans into religious and secularists, but tend to untie all citizens in an equal appreciation of our constitutional democracy.” Jon G. Murray, American Atheists’ Former President.) There are already too many people who profess Christ that don’t believe and having this motto on currency forces people to say that they agree with the phrase every time they use their money. This statement means that all Americans believe in God and trust in Him, when they do

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