{"id":6240,"date":"2016-01-19T10:54:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T15:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/?p=6240"},"modified":"2020-06-22T14:27:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T18:27:38","slug":"you-cant-make-dollars-if-you-dont-make-cents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/you-cant-make-dollars-if-you-dont-make-cents\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can\u2019t Make Dollars, If You Don\u2019t Make Cents"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a federal lawsuit filed this week in Akron, Ohio, a group of Athiests is suing the<\/p>\n

federal government to withdraw the phrase \u201c In God We Trust\u201d from all United States currency.\u00a0 The Athiest group is arguing that the phrase is a clear violation of the separation of church and state.\u00a0 There are 41 plaintiffs included in the suit, which is being spearheaded by lawyer Michael Newdow, whom is 0-1 in federal cases after losing the effort to remove \u201cUnder God\u201d from the Pledge of Allegiance.<\/p>\n

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The plaintiffs are claiming that \u201cIn God We Trust\u201d is a daily reminder of a God in which they do not believe in.\u00a0 The forced acceptance and re-distribution to others (via US currency) a message that goes wholly against their beliefs at Humanists.\u00a0 As a Humanist, there is no recognition of any type of higher being, but rather an ethical standard or code to follow on a daily basis.\u00a0 Newdow states, \u201cThere is obviously no compelling government interest in having ‘In God We Trust’ on our money\u201d.\u00a0 In addition, Newdow claimed “We did fine for the 75 years before the phrase was ever used at all<\/a>, and continued to do fine for the subsequent 102 years before such inscriptions were made mandatory on every coin and currency bill. Similarly, the vast majority of nations manage to function without religious verbiage on their money.”<\/p>\n

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Dwight D. Eisenhower instituted \u201cIn God We Trust\u201d as the United States national motto in 1956, although it had been inscribed on currency since 1864.\u00a0\u00a0 While this case is receiving backlash from many religious groups across the country, there are also many atheists standing against their fellow brethren.\u00a0 In today\u2019s world, there are multiple options of currency, with the least frequently used being paper currency.\u00a0 Checks, credit cards, debit cards and bitcoins all are accepted forms of monetary tools, without the inscription \u201cIn God We Trust\u201d.\u00a0 We will see how this campaign unfolds in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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