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to: Richard Hong
from: Gary Wiltshire
date: 2000-05-22 22:51:26
subject: Re: Prayer

From: Gary Wiltshire 

On Mon, 22 May 2000 01:14:11 -0400, "Richard Hong"
 wrote:
.....
>So when I speak of not permitting agents of the state to support religion, I
>am generally speaking of promoting Christianity over non-Christian faiths.
>I do not consider the *generic* promotion of the idea of faith to be a
>violation of the anti-establishment clause, as long as no particular
>doctrine is endorsed.  Hence, "In God We Trust" on coinage
doesn't bother
>me.  Posting the Ten Commandments, OTOH, does bother me.
.....
"In God We Trust" has not always been on U.S. coinage.

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