I heard from a friend that this phrase "In God We Trust" is wanted to be removed from the U.S. currency by people.
Here are some questions I hope you guys can answer for me
1. Is what my friend said to me true?
2. Am I right to say that it is up to the citizens in America to choose whether this motto be removed or not? If not, whose is it?
3. What do you guys think about it. (if the issue is truly taking place.)
2007-10-22 13:42:56 · 9 answers · asked by Oliver 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It isn't original to the coinage of the Union.
I wouldn't mind if it were removed - I'd appreciate it, even. So your friend is correct on that point - some people would like to see it gone. There are a great number of us who don't trust in God at all. We do not live in a Theocracy. We do not have a national religion.
"The motto IN GOD WE TRUST was placed on United States coins largely because of the increased religious sentiment existing during the Civil War."
Since 1938, all United States coins bear the inscription.
http://www.treas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml
2007-10-22 14:22:02 · answer #1 · answered by pepper 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are a number of ways you could can categorize the American electorate: Democrats and Republicans, the various races and ethnicities, "haves" and "have nots", and people who believe in God and those who don't - to name just a few.
Traditionally most Americans were at least nominally religious. As time moves along people have become less religious, at least in a formal sense.
So, religious slogans and mottoes are now in play - another polarizing issue, as the cable news pundits remind us.
Will the motto In God We Trust disappear from US coins and currency? Hard to say. The issue is surely getting much more ink now than in the past.
Still, it's something of a political sideshow.
2007-10-22 15:44:20 · answer #2 · answered by CoinTrain 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yea it's true but they've been saying that for years. At one point Pepsi had the Pledge of Allegiance on their can and had to take the words "One Nation, Under God" off because people boycotted the brand. Individual advertisers may do that junk but I don't think the US Mint will anytime soon. I won't say never because worse things have happened before. I mean, did you know that a WoMaN is running for PrEsIdEnT? LOL Yes, the American citizens have the right to choose, but I hope that in doing so that they remember that this nation was founded as one nation, under God, and it has thrived that way for over two and a quarter centuries. If people think we have trouble now, wait until they take away what little bit of Jesus we have left.
2007-10-22 13:57:27 · answer #3 · answered by Josh 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
a million. This has been noted earlier. almost each and every technology studies communicate of that. 2. I unquestionably have heard that too. in line with danger there's a circulate to have our motto faraway from our money. Congress could try this. without them, who characterize us, it could no longer get replaced. I doubt that is going to take place. 3. particular, there are some who're going to proceed to press for the removing of the be conscious God from money and each thing else. they are going to fail. after all they do no longer seem to have any concern spending the money with the be conscious God on it.
2016-10-04 09:36:24 · answer #4 · answered by gerking 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. I am sure some people. I am not sure how many. In a country this large, there are probably some people who favor everything, even legalizing slavery.
2. It is up to the government. The citizens have ultimate control, in that they could decide who to elect based on their views on this issue, but most consider other issues (such as Iraq) more important and vote on that basis.
2007-10-22 14:11:14 · answer #5 · answered by StephenWeinstein 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that has no business being the "motto" of the united states.
First of all, what the hell does it mean and why is it on our money? In God we trust? Then why do we have police and soldiers? Why do we put our money in big bank vaults. Obviously we don't trust in God all that much.
That did not become the motto of the US until the Civil war anyway.
2007-10-22 13:48:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
It is being opposed because the phrase being on our currency since about 1864 tends to deflate Liberal claims that we have never been a religiously oriented country.
It has to go so that everything fits their paradigm.
2007-10-22 14:10:48 · answer #7 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's going to stay put. Every time they raise this issue it gets shot down.
2007-10-22 13:46:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that liberals probably want it to be taken off.
http://truewordtoday.blogspot.com/
2007-10-22 13:46:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋