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Message:: [QUOTE="Troodon, post: 4029087, member: 4626"]Now you're trying to put words in my mouth.  I think it's worthy of consideration, as that's my personal belief.  But anyone who does not so believe has every right to disregard it if they choose, and they can still spend the money just the same as anyone else.  Which is why I don't consider the motto to constitute "establishment of a religion."  Because there's no legal penalty for choosing not to comply or acknowledge the sentiment. To say that one's personal belief entitles them to suppress someone else's expression of religious sentiment, would be a clear violation of the "free exercise" clause of the same sentence in the Constitution that bans establishment.  (Which is what is meant by "freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion.") To quote the US Constitution's view on religion for sake of reference:  (emphasis mine.  And again note what it does not say: it doesn't say anything about prohibiting endorsement or promotion of a religion or religious sentiment.  It cannot establish a religion by passage of a law.)[/QUOTE]