Comments on: Romney In Iowa Hears Footsteps; Will He Find A New American Way? http://www.bloggernews.net/112408 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:53:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: RB Scott http://www.bloggernews.net/112408#comment-160644 RB Scott Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:30:38 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/112408#comment-160644 Ben: If what you say is true -- "In God We Trust"-- was added during the McCarthy era (when "under God was added to the Pledge of Allegiance") then I would agree with you: it has to go. Such is not the case. The U.S. Treasury website http://www.treas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml reports this: "The motto IN GOD WE TRUST was placed on United States coins largely because of the increased religious sentiment existing during the Civil War." Of course I too would oppose mandatory use of it in the schools, etc. RB Scott Ben: If what you say is true — “In God We Trust”– was added during the McCarthy era (when “under God was added to the Pledge of Allegiance”) then I would agree with you: it has to go. Such is not the case. The U.S. Treasury website http://www.treas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml reports this: “The motto IN GOD WE TRUST was placed on United States coins largely because of the increased religious sentiment existing during the Civil War.”

Of course I too would oppose mandatory use of it in the schools, etc.

RB Scott

]]> By: Ben http://www.bloggernews.net/112408#comment-154280 Ben Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:21:17 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/112408#comment-154280 "However, there’s no need to remove the inscription “In God We Trust” from out nation’s currency." If all it was was a phrase on the currency, I would probably agree. It isn't. It was declared the National Motto by legislation passed during McCarthyism to embody the notion that We Trust In God; those who do not are 'them.' Its use is not restricted to currency - it has been mandated to be put on posters in public school classrooms and in town council meeting rooms. It has to go. “However, there’s no need to remove the inscription “In God We Trust” from out nation’s currency.”

If all it was was a phrase on the currency, I would probably agree. It isn’t. It was declared the National Motto by legislation passed during McCarthyism to embody the notion that We Trust In God; those who do not are ‘them.’ Its use is not restricted to currency - it has been mandated to be put on posters in public school classrooms and in town council meeting rooms.

It has to go.

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