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Humanists demand alternative to “In God We Trust” license plate sticker

July 15, 2011 2 Comments

If Georgia insists upon offering the “In God We Trust” sticker, then the American Humanist Association urges the Georgia Department of Revenue to offer an alternative sticker with the words “E Pluribus Unum”—Latin for “Out of Many, One”—which was the original motto of the United States.

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Action Alert: Keep ‘God’ off Georgia license plates

June 28, 2011 3 Comments
Action Alert: Keep ‘God’ off Georgia license plates

The state of Georgia is holding a design competition for a new standard issue license plate. Three of the eight final designs, currently up for online voting here, display the words, “In God We Trust.” Online voting is open until July 8.

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Proof that Religious Wording Isn’t ‘Secular’ or ‘Benign’

April 26, 2011 No Comment
Proof that Religious Wording Isn’t ‘Secular’ or ‘Benign’

When nonreligious Americans object to the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, or to “In God We Trust” as the national motto, we often hear opponents claim that the wording is harmless, secular in purpose, and that nobody interprets the words as being a religious affirmation of any kind. Sometimes the excuse given is that such wording merely “acknowledges the nation’s religious heritage.”

Of course, just about every society has some kind of religious heritage, but even if we find it desirable to “acknowledge” America’s religious heritage one could question why we must do so by affirmatively stating that God actually exists. After all, America also has a strong secular heritage – many of our founders were quite anti-clerical, some rejected Christianity and supernatural religion outright, and certainly many of them were far outside the framework of traditional religion. Thus, would we “acknowledge” that secular heritage by affirming in our national Pledge and motto that there is no God?

David Niose continues, here at Secular News Daily.

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Barton: Obama Wants To Eliminate "In God We Trust"

April 25, 2011 7 Comments

With guest Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA), pseudo-historian David Barton cast doubt on President Obama’s religious beliefs and maintained that he wants to take God out of government. Barton lauded a resolution championed by Forbes which reaffirms and e…

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Setting Barton straight on Obama's use of "endowed by their Creator"

March 30, 2011 No Comment
Setting Barton straight on Obama's use of "endowed by their Creator"

“Historian” David Barton continues to ignore facts which get in the way of his agenda.

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The Founding Fathers had a national motto: E Pluribus Unum

March 24, 2011 1 Comment
The Founding Fathers had a national motto: E Pluribus Unum

Rep. Randy Forbes is on a mission to pass a resolution affirming that the national motto "In God We Trust" and House Republicans are playing right along, so it is no surprise that Religious Right activists like the Family Research Council’s K…

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Take Action: Urge Congress to oppose divisive ‘In God We Trust’ resolution

March 22, 2011 8 Comments

On March 17, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee approved House Concurrent Resolution 13, a measure that would unnecessarily reaffirm the divisive phrase “In God We Trust” as our national motto and encourage its display in all public and gov…

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