Posted on Jul 24, 2015
Putting "In God We Trust" on Police patrol cars... Your thoughts? Do you think other states will follow suit?
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Even though this statement is part of our American Heritage, I see many implications as far as religious freedoms are concerned...
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Amazing how a country that is so terrified that Sharia law is coming to town sees no parralels in putting religious slogans on their police/law enforcement...
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CPT (Join to see)
It is like when we did the samething with the Commies in the start of the Cold War.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
Correct. This is the United States. Where the government does not endorse any religion.
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I don't like it. I think it flies in the face of "Seperation of Church and State" Doesn't Jive with Matt 22:21 Give unto Ceasar what is Ceasar's, Give unto God what is Gods. Money and Government Equipment are Ceasars and have no business with "God" noted on them.
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SSG Warren Swan
I was going to say I don't mind it, and I still don't mind it at all, but I like how you put it PO1. Makes a good argument.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
What Happened to our old National Motto "E Pluribus Unum" "In Many One". Oh never mind I know the "Red Scare" They put "In God We Trust" on our Money so "Communists" wouldn't use it.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
The Mind of a Son of 2 "Social Justice" Catholic Lay Ministers that spent 21 years in Information Warfare is a Dangerous Thing! LOL!.
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This makes no sense to me. First off that phase is not really a part to American heritage. It was placed on coins in 1861. It was thought as a means to gain favor but both side thought they had God on their side. So that somewhat didn't really prove the point of it. And oddly enough about one hundred years later there was a cold war and those in power thought the heathen communists and their lack of religion was bad. So we made this appear on dollar. If you didn't agree with it then you must have been a communist or at least a sympathizer. So many agreed, how could you not.
So what was the intent of using the phase. Was it being used in vein? Were they really trying to show their trust in God or were they just saying God is on our side so we must be right. I would say I would challenge you go read and study about it.
I am a bigger than of using the term E Pluribus Unum. It was passed by an Act of congress in 1783 by the actual founding fathers. In God We Trust was put into law in 1956. So which do you think has more American Heritage. The one made by the founding fathers or the one made to counter the Russians?
So what was the intent of using the phase. Was it being used in vein? Were they really trying to show their trust in God or were they just saying God is on our side so we must be right. I would say I would challenge you go read and study about it.
I am a bigger than of using the term E Pluribus Unum. It was passed by an Act of congress in 1783 by the actual founding fathers. In God We Trust was put into law in 1956. So which do you think has more American Heritage. The one made by the founding fathers or the one made to counter the Russians?
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CPT (Join to see)
Sgt Richard Buckner - You are exactly right. But I am very cautious when this done around a specific event. It seems to be that the event triggered this. But what I don't understand is how some believe it was always that way from the start. It wasn't the founding fathers that stated this. Many tend to the believe that.
The point of E Pluribus Unum is that we all come together. You don't have to trust in God to be an American. You had the freedom to do that. All believe in something different. The founding fathers knew that. Some of them were Deist. They believed in God but felt that shouldn't really be a factor in government. However some felt just as impassioned about the opposing view. I don't have an issue with it being a coin. But what I am concerned about is why all of a sudden it seemed like something that should happen.
The point of E Pluribus Unum is that we all come together. You don't have to trust in God to be an American. You had the freedom to do that. All believe in something different. The founding fathers knew that. Some of them were Deist. They believed in God but felt that shouldn't really be a factor in government. However some felt just as impassioned about the opposing view. I don't have an issue with it being a coin. But what I am concerned about is why all of a sudden it seemed like something that should happen.
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I would prefer it to be secular, but one can put it on their vehicle if one chooses to, but should not be a requirement.
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Why bother? They already have "To Protect and Serve" which they increasingly fail to do in an even-handed, unbiased professional manner. Now citizens are just perps who fail to respect and genuflect before their "Authoritah". ( misspelling is intentional )
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TSgt (Join to see)
Actually, despite what is on the side of the vehicle, according to SCOTUS, they are under no legal obligation to do so.
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PO1 Tony Holland
And that is exactly the sort of thinking that is ruining this country -- WTF are they teaching at Harvard and Yale Law
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The motto of this nation is E Pluribus Unum, not In God We Trust. My question whose god? And why is it necessary.
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LTC Bink Romanick
Actually I am wrong, it was changed in 56 to help defeat those godless atheistic commutes says Jeter at the country store.
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LTC Bink Romanick
SSgt Alex Robinson Blogs are not reliable sources for anything, I could write a blog saying that it was based on Martian law and it be as valid.
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SSgt Alex Robinson
Bink, I beg to differ. I have found MANY different articles that support my theisis on this subject.
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2009/05/07/obama-is-wrong-when-he-says-were-not-a-judeo-christian-nation
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2009/05/07/obama-is-wrong-when-he-says-were-not-a-judeo-christian-nation
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I don't see anything wrong with this, but I am sure there are going to be tons of objections.
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Libtards don't want it on the money we spend, so how will they accept it on our police cars?
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TSgt David L.
SSG (Join to see), maybe I'm slow today, but I don't get your drift today. Are you joking with me. If you literally mean got mittens I understand. Help me out please. :-)
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SSG (Join to see)
The Third Reich put "Gott Mit Uns" on their belt buckles; it is German for "God is with us". It's the same, just different. ;-)
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TSgt David L.
LOL SSG (Join to see), I was stuck on the "Personalized Plate" Post so I totally missed the German reference. Thanks for brining me up to speed! :-)
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I would like to see it on police cars across the county, I'm tired of the Supreme Court bowing down to these radicals and taking god out of all our countries institutions and public places if in god we trust was good enough to be used in everything our Fore Father wrote and believed in then why change it now . Because of a few radicals. God was always apart of this country and we need to bring him back to our country . Not trying to bring religious rights into this but god has always been apart of the core values of this great nation!!!!!
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