I could not agree with you more
I was merely pointing out that as usual, politicians, in their zeal to please the flavor of favor (at a given specific time, --like in this case the zealots of 1954), manage to paint themselves into a corner... and I really would like to know what they will do with the dollar bill, since the argument (correctly imo) that... I quote from the article:
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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 1954 act of Congress inserting the phrase “under God” after the words “one nation” in the pledge. The court said the phrase violates the so-called Establishment Clause in the Constitution that requires a separation of church and state.
“A profession that we are a nation `under God' is identical, for Establishment Clause purposes, to a profession that we are a nation `under Jesus,' a nation `under Vishnu,' a nation `under Zeus,' or a nation `under no god,' because none of these professions can be neutral with respect to religion,” Judge Alfred T. Goodwin wrote for the three-judge panel.
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end of quote.
Therefore... if the above is to hold... under the same argument, Mr. [dollar] bill is unconstitutional since it gives the exact same representation to have "in god we trust" printed on it, as the words "under god" of the allegiance. That's all...
I shall be sitting, watching and smiling how they get out of that one... -lol |
