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Atheists try again to remove "In God We Trust"
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Here we go again – another new political building and another new lawsuit brought about by atheists without anything better to do. Is being an atheist really so boring that for fun they spend thousands of dollars on frivolous lawsuits just to get their name(s) in the paper? How dreadfully pitiful. One almost feels sorry for them.
This week, the nation’s largest group of atheists and agnostics (sounds like a Tim Burton film, doesn’t it – “Coming this summer! Atheists & Agnostics!) filed a federal lawsuit to stop the engraving of “In God We Trust” and “one nation under God” (from The Pledge of Allegiance) in the new Capitol Visitor Center.
Did you know that “In God We Trust” is the official motto of the United States? It is.
The Wisconsin-based church-state watchdog group Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) claims the engravings are unconstitutional and would exclude the 15% of Americans who identify themselves as non-religious.
Congratulations FFRF, you’re correct about one thing – but wrong about another. First of all you’re correct that the engravings will exclude you. This is the intent. We want you excluded. Keeping idiocy out of the mainstream is a healthy goal. However, you are wrong about something… there are not 15% of Americans who identify themselves as non-religious. At best, (or worst, depending on your point of view) only 5% of our population claims atheist/agnostic status.
Because of the glorious and unique foundation of Christian principles, precepts and beliefs this country rests upon and due to the indelible imprint the founding fathers gave us by using them in our constitution and declaration of independence, these kinds of engravings and inscriptions will never be eliminated from our government.
“We are effectively being told that we are political outsiders… because we don’t trust in God,” said Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the FFRF. Congratulations once again Annie – you’re right. You are political outsiders. Here’s a Kleenex.
No American with any sense will stand for this attempt to whitewash our American religious heritage and Little Miss Annie and her FFRF will remain on the fringe of society because of their own choices, not because the mainstream puts them there. This is the thing about fringe groups – they choose to be on the fringe. No one forces them to be there.
In another gleaming example of her intellectual shortcomings, Gaylor said, “They want this engraving up there because they think God is the foundation of our government. Boy, are they misinformed.”
I could print hundreds of pages with quotes from our founding fathers to modern politicians proving her wrong, but why when she’s so obviously a lunatic? (Please cue up Lunatic Fringe by Red Rider)
Let’s be reminded that the Washington Monument displays the words “Praise be to God” in Latin on the side that faces the Capitol. Every day when the first rays of the sun hit it the very first thing in this Nation’s Capitol is the illumination of those words.
It’s time for the fringe groups to stop wasting money and time. They have a right to believe whatever they want and they can choose to remain on the fringe. They just don’t have the right to tie up our courts with frivolity and stupidity.
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