Bill O'Rights

Congress first authorized a reference to God on a two-cent piece in 1864.

In 1955, one year after Congress had the words "under God" put into the Pledge of Allegiance, Congress passed a law requiring all U.S. currency to carry the motto "In God We Trust." All in an effort to combat those "Godless Communists.

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"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony

"Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus

It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

Lizra

So that's when all that malarky occured.... How righteous!

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Daniel_

I didn't shop it, I found it online, but if it's a shop it's a good one - you can see the shaddows of the letters on the reverse showing through very clearly...

I think it's from a locla paper somewhere near Bumfuck, a small town in the Bible Belt.

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Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air,
And deep beneath the rolling waves,
In labyrinths of Coral Caves,
The Echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand;
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Val_1

If that letter that Daniel_ posted would have named any other group other than Atheists, there's no way it would have even been printed. Outlandish.

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I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.

-Frank Sinatra

hiredgun

When I first read the OP I really didn't think this was a big deal. So they assembled a panel that didn't have any atheists on it: so what? The identities of the panelists were irrelevant to me, particularly on an issue such as this, where I assume that most Americans are in fact fairly reasonable.

Then I watched the clip of the debate.

This reminds me of why I really don't watch television news anymore. It scares me to death that thousands of otherwise intelligent people actually consume this tripe daily and see it as a source of information on which they base their view of 'reality'.