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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 4035104, member: 4626&quot;]It&#039;s important to view that in regard to the next six words of that same sentence, &quot;or prevent the free exercise thereof&quot; which in my view banning the motto over the objections of a few would violate.&nbsp; Essentially, everyone has the right to express their own personal religious sentiments (including none at all if they so choose), including members of the government, or the government itself for that matter.&nbsp; Congress just may not make an official religion and then enforce its practice through the law, with legal penalties for refusing to comply.&nbsp; Without repeating myself too much, in summary my view is that the motto does not violate the establishment clause (there are no legal consequences whatsoever for choosing not to agree with or acknowledge the expressed sentiment), but removing it because some object to it (over the objections of those that put it there in the first place) would violate the free exercise clause.&nbsp; Of course if a majority of voters or congressmen decide to remove it, I wouldn&#039;t object to that in principle.&nbsp; I just would not want it to see it removed because it offends the sensibilities of a minority of people.&nbsp; That&#039;s now how religious practice or free speech is supposed to work in a country that constitutionally grants both.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no such thing as a right to be protected from speech, religious or otherwise, that offends one&#039;s sensibilities.&nbsp; The price of living in a free society is that you may hear or see words you don&#039;t like from time to time.&nbsp; It&#039;s one I&#039;m willing to pay.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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