2007-06-12 14:30:57 · 8 answers · asked by taz 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
On June 29, 1955, Lyndon Baines Johnson (D-TX) introduced Calendar No. 642, H.R. 619 "A bill to provide that all United States currency shall bear the inscription 'In God We Trust.' "the bill was passed that date without any serious debate. The Cold War, however, was not over, nor were the residuals of McCarthyism. On March 22, 1956, H.R. Res. 396 was introduced to establish "In God We Trust" as a national motto. The bill became law on July 30, 1956 (36 U.S.C. Section 186). That law regarding the establishment of a non-secular national motto, has been relied upon by the defendants in both "Aronow v. United States" and "O'Hair v. Blumental" to give "patriotic" meaning to several laws, one passed forty-eight years prior, in 1908, and one passed one year prior in 1955.
This use is to invoke the discredited theory of the efficacy of an ex post facto law in an attempt to gain authority for a prior law by referral back to a later or subsequent law. If Congress had truly been expressing the collective will of the people, the act providing for the adoption of "In God We Trust" as a national motto should have preceded the coinage motto bill of 1908.
2007-06-12 14:39:32 · answer #1 · answered by punch 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The question is a bit in disorder but then so is the monetary vs budget approach.
As for God he doesn't come over and say what he thinks very often does he, so we are left with some stupid bits of paper to trust in.
2007-06-12 14:41:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is to distract you from the fact that what you are really worshipping is money in the form of a graven image.
2007-06-12 14:36:07 · answer #3 · answered by Shawn B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means Santa is real, haven't you seen Miracle on 34th Street
2007-06-12 14:40:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was added to everything in the 50s to show opposition to communism.
2007-06-12 14:34:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I don't hear anyone speaking of trust.
2007-06-12 14:49:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No sir. He we am demandin cash.
2007-06-12 14:33:54 · answer #7 · answered by Spotlight 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no there is no such person if there is he is a cnut
2007-06-12 14:39:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋