The bill’s author, state Rep. Dodie Horton, said to CNN affiliate WVUE, “It doesn’t preach any particular religion at all, but it certainly does recognize a higher power.”
The bill’s author, state Rep. Dodie Horton, said to CNN affiliate WVUE, “It doesn’t preach any particular religion at all, but it certainly does recognize a higher power.”
I’m all for people’s religious freedoms but this kind of BS is a huge problem. They act like we are requiring the LGBTQ flag in every classroom and respond by doing the exact thing they accuse others of doing.
This is one of the hallmarks of fascist movements. Accuse your opponent of what you yourself are doing as a justification for your own bad actions. It’s straight out of the Joseph Goebbels playbook. The republicans have been using it successfully for at least 30 years now, but we’re going to see it used more and more blatantly as the GOP becomes more and more openly fascist.
This is the opposite of religious freedom since it imposes one religion unto everyone else.
It imposes nothing, it’s just a national motto that is currently used as a trigger against the left.
“E pluribus unum”, that’s the national motto. “In god we trust” is only on the money because of evangelicals doing this exact same kind of thing in the 50’s.
No, “In God We Trust” is a national motto since the 50’s. It was also used as a (political) motto since the Civil War.
Edit: Downvotes despite being a fact as verifiable through Wikipedia, etc.
Actual US motto is ‘Fuck you, got mine’.
Oh shit, I had to scroll this far to find the truest statement. I love this. You are clearly correct.
Yes it’s “officially” the national motto, but “E pluribus unum” has been the de facto motto since 1776. Like I said, “In god we trust” is only on the money because of evangelicals doing this exact same kind of thing in the 50’s.
Please post a link. I shouldn’t have to find your supporting evidence myself.
How do you think a Hindu feels about that motto? In the so-called land of the free?
A Hindu shouldn’t feel bad because the motto was established back when most of the people in US were christians. You know, motto’s, flags, and things alike tend to become outdated but are part of a tradition and as such still used.
Most people in the U.S. are still Christians. What difference does that make? Congress is not supposed to establish religion. It’s right there in the first amendment. If you declare a single god, you are establishing a religion and excluding citizens that don’t believe- Hindus, Buddhists and atheists to name three.
Would you be okay with the motto of it was “Trust in Jesus?”
As far as I know, Supreme Court ruled that it does not establish religion. I’d say the same if most of the country was Hindu and it referenced their deity. It’s a fucking motto and most motto’s are outdated and show some cultural reference to the people long gone.
Yes, I know what they ruled. Do you think every Supreme Court ruling is correct? Dred Scott v. Sandford was the proper decision?
I mean, you said that most of the country is still christian? So, in a democratic society which is mostly christian there is a motto that references times when even more of the country was christian and the soul of the country was mostly christian?
Yeah, a huge problem.
Are you aware the motto wasn’t established until 1956? It’s not like it has some deep rooted history. Fundamentalists took over the government and put it into place relatively recently.
I know, but it’s been, what, almost 70 years… Why change it now? I don’t think anyone from a non-christian religion is offended by it, right? Although, true, reverting to a previous motto would please everyone I suppose…
Alright. Then why is it the national motto? What does the phrase mean? Why God? Why one god?
It meant something and it still partially does for a big part of the country. Also, it’s part of tradition and a phrase that US is recognizable across the globe. Nothing wrong with it unless you hate faith/catholicism. Currently, it’s being used to provoke the left and people shouldn’t fall for that provocation. Other countries and regions also have some historical motto’s that partially or fully lost their meaning through time, but are part of a tradition and recognizability.
Don’t think so. It tells everyone not believing in God that they don’t belong to “we”.
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It’s all projection.
Every thing they say, somewhere one of them is doing it.