Fundamentalism, USA Style

[DaevG at aol.com]

"In God We Trust" is our national motto. This is not some off-the-wall,
Christian, Right Wing, political slogan - it is our national motto. It
is engraved in stone in the  House of Representatives in our Capitol and
it is printed on our currency. We adopted this motto because Christian
men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation; and this is
clearly documented throughout our history. If it is appropriate for our
motto to be inscribed in the halls of our highest level of Government,
then it is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our
schools.

Hello all. It's interesting to note that "In God We Trust" didn't appear on 
any currency till 1864, meaning it really has nothing to do with our nation's 
supposed founding on Christian principles. Further, I don't think IGWT is our 
"national motto," though I'm less sure of that.

Dep't of the Treasury paper about IGWT
[http://www.ustreas.gov/opc/opc0011.html]

Just thought I'd add that to the already-solid case against this bit o' 
fundamentalism. 

-Dave
(new, new! uh...)
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