Post by Daniel on May 20, 2015 8:09:51 GMT -5
Atheist Activist Hatches New Plan to Strike ‘In God We Trust’ From U.S. Currency — and One Liberal Site Says ‘It Might Just Work’
by Billy Hallowell
May. 19, 2015
Over the years, atheists have worked diligently — yet unsuccessfully — to seek the removal of “In God We Trust” from U.S. currency, though one prominent activist is hatching a new plan that he hopes will finally turn the tide on the issue.
Michael Newdow, a lawyer and emergency room doctor who has also taken aim at the Pledge of Allegiance in the past, is planning to file numerous lawsuits challenging the presence of “In God We Trust” on American money.
In a guest post on the Friendly Atheist blog last week, Newdow wrote that there are many people who find the presence of the theistic phrase “offensive” and “unlawful,” specifically claiming that it poses a Constitutional violation.
“It violates the first ten words of the Bill of Rights (‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion’) and it violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA),” he wrote. “Unfortunately, because Constitutional principles can be twisted and perverted, the challenges to this practice under the Establishment Clause have, so far, failed.”
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www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/05/19/atheist-reveals-new-strategic-plan-to-strike-in-god-we-trust-from-u-s-currency-and-one-liberal-site-says-it-might-just-work/
by Billy Hallowell
May. 19, 2015
Over the years, atheists have worked diligently — yet unsuccessfully — to seek the removal of “In God We Trust” from U.S. currency, though one prominent activist is hatching a new plan that he hopes will finally turn the tide on the issue.
Michael Newdow, a lawyer and emergency room doctor who has also taken aim at the Pledge of Allegiance in the past, is planning to file numerous lawsuits challenging the presence of “In God We Trust” on American money.
In a guest post on the Friendly Atheist blog last week, Newdow wrote that there are many people who find the presence of the theistic phrase “offensive” and “unlawful,” specifically claiming that it poses a Constitutional violation.
“It violates the first ten words of the Bill of Rights (‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion’) and it violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA),” he wrote. “Unfortunately, because Constitutional principles can be twisted and perverted, the challenges to this practice under the Establishment Clause have, so far, failed.”
continue reading
www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/05/19/atheist-reveals-new-strategic-plan-to-strike-in-god-we-trust-from-u-s-currency-and-one-liberal-site-says-it-might-just-work/
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