The Freedom From Religion Foundation has brought a federal lawsuit against President George W. Bush regarding the National Day of Prayer. www.ffrf.org Many religious people get angry when these lawsuits come up, and often bring up “under God” in the pledge of allegiance and “in God we trust” on our money as evidence that the United States was founded upon Christian morals and Christian values. This video shows the origin of those phrases as a direct result of the fear incited by the “Godless communists” during the 1950’s. 1952 Pres. Truman and Congress declared a national day of Prayer June 14, 1954 Congress unanimously ordered “Under God” to be put in the pledge of allegiance July 11, 1955 Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a law that made it mandatory that coinage and paper currency carry the phrase “In God We Trust” 1956 Congress passed an act that replaced our national motto “E Pluribus Unum” with “In God We trust” Our rights are worth fighting for, whether the violations of those rights are old and ongoing or completely new. Some of us are willing to do something, whether it is about these issues or any other issues. Doing nothing will not move us forward. Music used with permission: Divinity Destroyed “Empty The Sky” www.myspace.com
The Separation of Church and State, Violations of the First Amendment
25 comments on “The Separation of Church and State, Violations of the First Amendment”
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adlerbr12
July 18, 2010 at 2:18 am
No to a mosque close to ground zero.
Zunile03scape
July 18, 2010 at 2:27 am
Add to your argument how these phases used in oaths violate Article 6 of the US Constitution as well.
The last line of 6 calls for no religious test to ever be used as a qualification for public office or trust. The God phases violate this Article on multiple levels when you read it.
cosmicjackpot
July 18, 2010 at 2:51 am
good work
asilentskeptic
July 18, 2010 at 3:37 am
@suburbanindie We will definitely find out what happens now. The appeals process has not been completed, and Obama still did his declaration even though it was ruled unconstitutional.
suburbanindie
July 18, 2010 at 4:24 am
silentskeptic, you will be happy to learn the National Day of Prayer has been deemed unconstitutional.
TheRedneckAtheist
July 18, 2010 at 5:04 am
Thumbs up in 50 seconds, fucking win bro!
nitewolf89
July 18, 2010 at 5:40 am
so u atheists r admitting that atheism is a religion? prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
asilentskeptic
July 18, 2010 at 6:22 am
@jacobew2000 In what way has the government restricted the free exercise? Kids can pray in school, it just can’t be school sponsored prayer. The problem is that the Christian majority feels that not being allowed to have their religion prominently displayed is restricting their “free exercise”.
allgoo19
July 18, 2010 at 7:00 am
@jacobew2000
“The problem is that liberals often …”
If you don’t like the description “separation of church and state”, how would you describe it?
Answer?
jacobew2000
July 18, 2010 at 7:40 am
@allgoo19,
The problem is that liberals often forget the “…prohibiting the free excercise thereof.” part of it.
And im sorry but in their writings, most of the founding fathers believed that there was a god, the debate then was mostly about which denomination was correct, and to prevent a specific denomination from becoming the “official” church. They would be shocked at how hostile the govt has become toward religion today!
jacobew2000
July 18, 2010 at 8:16 am
@asilentskeptic,
According to the Court of appeals, they sited that it wasnt a violation an establishment of religion, to have it on currency, pledge, etc, since it served as a way to “unite” the nation under its proud history.
So you athiests are legally wrong now!
allgoo19
July 18, 2010 at 9:04 am
@jacobew2000
“where in the constitution that “separation of church and state” is listed,..”
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free excercise thereof,” says so in the 1st amendment.
Do you expect people to repeat it every time they bring up the matter? Isn’t it easier by shorten it?
If you don’t like the description “separation of church and state”, how would you describe it?
DuggabbooDC
July 18, 2010 at 9:40 am
Heritage? The Founding Fathers were mostly NOT Christian.
asilentskeptic
July 18, 2010 at 10:10 am
Even a lower case “g” would be a violation, as it holds up a monotheistic belief system as opposed to other forms (pantheists, atheists, etc).
priestessofair
July 18, 2010 at 11:09 am
Check the bill of rights. Public schools are under federal funding and therefor subject to separation of church and state, Would you feel the same way if a pagan group wanted to organize inside a school. Neither are acceptable
priestessofair
July 18, 2010 at 11:43 am
Check the Bill of RIGHTS
TheSilentbird
July 18, 2010 at 12:26 pm
…also the “G” is capitalized making it refer to the Christian God.. so double whammy on the currency.. if it was lower case “g” it would then refer to any deity..
xxDogsoldierxx
July 18, 2010 at 12:45 pm
I disagree
asilentskeptic
July 18, 2010 at 12:47 pm
It doesn’t matter whether or not it lists a specific deity, it’s still an establishment of religion.
asilentskeptic
July 18, 2010 at 1:00 pm
That particular line is not listed, but the First Amendment is pretty clear. Would you please stop trying to remove our liberties from our society?
jacobew2000
July 18, 2010 at 1:54 pm
If you can show me where in the constitution that “separation of church and state” is listed, I will shut up. But since its not in there, then would you please stop trying to remove our heritege from our society??!!!!
xxDogsoldierxx
July 18, 2010 at 1:56 pm
dollar bills dont specify a particular God so it doesnt go against the constitution.
un0RRS
July 18, 2010 at 2:23 pm
I stumbled this. This is one of the greatest skeptic atheist/agnostic videos on the internet, short, well informed, and well worded. instant fan.
Sleeko11
July 18, 2010 at 2:47 pm
I wonder if the asshats that voted for a national day of prayer, ever thought we would extent that courtesy to Islam.
Xirbtt
July 18, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Very good video. I was interested in those dates and wanted to look them up. Thanks for the info!