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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 4029121, member: 4626&quot;]Indeed, &quot;In God We Trust&quot; is a religious sentiment.&nbsp; I never claimed otherwise.&nbsp; As you can see in the passage of the Constitution I quoted though, nothing in the Constitution forbids Congress from expressing, promoting, or endorsing a religious sentiment.&nbsp; They are only prohibited from passing a law that <i>establishes</i> a religion.&nbsp; Which would entail declaring an official religion of this country, with legal penalties for not complying with it.&nbsp; What&#039;s the legal penalties for choosing not to agree with or acknowledge the sentiment expressed on money?&nbsp; None whatsoever.&nbsp; Therefore, no establishment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Putting &quot;In God We Trust&quot; on money is the government saying that.&nbsp; It isn&#039;t you or anyone else saying that.&nbsp; It is putting no words in your mouth whatsoever.&nbsp; Put your thumb over those words when you spend your money if you&#039;re somehow worried someone may think you agree with the sentiment expressed.&nbsp; I doubt most would care or even notice.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have every right to disagree.&nbsp; You have every right to say you disagree.&nbsp; You have every right to complain about the motto being there to whoever you can get to listen.&nbsp; If you can convince enough congressmen to pass a law to have it removed, you can do that.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you don&#039;t have the right to do is suppress any expression of religious sentiment (or any other kind of sentiment for that matter) you happen to disagree with.&nbsp; Your rights do not trump anyone else&#039;s.&nbsp; You don&#039;t like what others have to say, you have every right to cover your ears (or eyes).&nbsp; You don&#039;t have the right to cover anybody&#039;s mouth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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