Post by Daniel on Jul 30, 2016 9:08:05 GMT -5
Faux Pas: National Motto is “In God We Trust” Not E Pluribus Unum
By Jordan Sekulow
In her acceptance speech tonight, Hillary Clinton stated:
Our country's motto is e pluribus unum: out of many, we are one.
Will we stay true to that motto?
Sound familiar? In 2010, President Obama similarly said, “In the United States, our motto is E pluribus unum — out of many, one.”
One problem. E pluribus unum isn’t our National Motto. In 1956, “In God We Trust” was made the official National Motto of the United States of America . . . by law. It has long been a part of American lore. Our National Anthem, The Star Spangled Banner, (also made official by an act of Congress) long included the phrase: “And this be our motto: ‘In God is our trust.’”
Since then angry atheists have long tried to strip our National Motto and remove its meaning.
True to form, the angry atheists at the Freedom From Religion Foundation immediately seized on tonight’s comments:
Hillary Clinton trumpets the motto "E Pluribus Unum" (from many, come one), not the upstart 'In God We Trust.'Our 'faith is in each other.'
— FFRF (@ffrf) July 29, 2016
In God We Trust, a johnny come lately motto, was added as an additional motto, but it didn'supplant E Pluribus Unum. t.co/Em5dbGOAQA
— FFRF (@ffrf) July 29, 2016
Atheists are not "angry." We are aware of our nation's secular roots being tampered with by zealots. t.co/V0K0oYJWRR
— FFRF (@ffrf) July 29, 2016
Of course they are just flat wrong. Let me quote 36 U.S.C. § 302 in its entirety: “‘In God we trust’ is the national motto.” E pluribus unum, while included on the Great Seal of the United States, has never been the National Motto.
Facts are stubborn things.
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By Jordan Sekulow
In her acceptance speech tonight, Hillary Clinton stated:
Our country's motto is e pluribus unum: out of many, we are one.
Will we stay true to that motto?
Sound familiar? In 2010, President Obama similarly said, “In the United States, our motto is E pluribus unum — out of many, one.”
One problem. E pluribus unum isn’t our National Motto. In 1956, “In God We Trust” was made the official National Motto of the United States of America . . . by law. It has long been a part of American lore. Our National Anthem, The Star Spangled Banner, (also made official by an act of Congress) long included the phrase: “And this be our motto: ‘In God is our trust.’”
Since then angry atheists have long tried to strip our National Motto and remove its meaning.
True to form, the angry atheists at the Freedom From Religion Foundation immediately seized on tonight’s comments:
Hillary Clinton trumpets the motto "E Pluribus Unum" (from many, come one), not the upstart 'In God We Trust.'Our 'faith is in each other.'
— FFRF (@ffrf) July 29, 2016
In God We Trust, a johnny come lately motto, was added as an additional motto, but it didn'supplant E Pluribus Unum. t.co/Em5dbGOAQA
— FFRF (@ffrf) July 29, 2016
Atheists are not "angry." We are aware of our nation's secular roots being tampered with by zealots. t.co/V0K0oYJWRR
— FFRF (@ffrf) July 29, 2016
Of course they are just flat wrong. Let me quote 36 U.S.C. § 302 in its entirety: “‘In God we trust’ is the national motto.” E pluribus unum, while included on the Great Seal of the United States, has never been the National Motto.
Facts are stubborn things.
continue reading
aclj.org/american-heritage/faux-pas-national-motto-is-in-god-we-trust-not-e-pluribus-unum
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