First Hindu prayer in US Senate.. not as smooth as hoped
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In his blog, he mentions one of the reactions as having said, "I seriously doubt that Americans want to change the motto, 'In God We Trust,' which Congress officially adopted in 1955, to 'In gods we Trust.' That is essentially what the United States Senate did today."
What that person (and others who use the same argument) fails to understand is that that particular motto was adopted specifically to distance the US from the godless, communist, oh-so-evil Soviet Union. It was a Cold War tactic; it was propaganda. It was part of how the US government said, "You want to know how bad the Soviets are? They don't even allow churches! You don't want to be a communist, do you?"
The other aspect is that, prior to 1955, the motto was NOT adopted. Some people forget simple things like that. It means that it was a change -- it was not set in stone. That also means that it can change again.
What do they think constitutional amendments are? They're revisions & changes, that's what.
Geez...
Great blog post by Ed, btw. Very thorough. We need someone with the nature of John Adams back in our government.
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Hoo-ee... one of the comments linked to a John Rowe, who further linked to this guy:
YouTube - Re: The Blasphemy Challenge
YouTube - Re: The Blasphemy Challenge