When Liberals Attack: In God We Trust

With the Chosen One in the Oval Office, who needs to trust in God? That seems to be the opinion of The Freedom from Religion Foundation, an atheist group out of Madison, Wisconsin, who filed suit in July 2009 to keep the nation's motto, "In God We Trust," from being engraved at the entrance of the new Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C.

The original plans for the visitor's center did not include the use of the motto, which opened in December of 2008. In response to criticism of the oversight, both the House and the Senate passed resolutions in July 2009 to have both "In God We Trust" and the Pledge of Allegiance engraved at the visitor center entrance.

Soon after, the Freedom from Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit claiming it was unconstitutional for taxpayers to pay for the engraving of "In God We Trust," even though it has been the nation's motto since 1956. The Capitol Visitor Center inaccurately stated that the nation's motto was "E Pluribus Unum."

The lawsuit was dismissed, and the Visitor Center, at the direction of Congress, added "In God We Trust" to the center's entrance in September 2009.

SOURCE: CBN News