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December 8, 2008
God Airbrushed From Capitol Visitor Center
The new $621 million capitol Visitor Center does more than spare Harry Reid from having to smell the unwashed masses. It also advances the campaign to replace meaningful religion with worship of the State:
Among the critics [of the Visitor Center] were Sen. Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican who several weeks ago noticed that something was missing from a center's replica of the House Speaker's rostrum. The words "In God We Trust" — engraved over the actual rostrum in 1962 — were not included in the replica.
The center identified "E. Pluribus Unum" (rather than "In God We Trust") as the official national motto. Displays deleted these words from Article 3 of the Northwest Ordinance; "Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind…"; and the words "in the Year of Our Lord" from Article 7 of the Constitution.
DeMint and dozens of other congressmen objected and the deleted phrases were restored. But Demint [and others] still aren't happy about other godless aspects of the center, especially this quote etched into a wall near the entrance: "We have built no temple but the Capitol. We consult no common oracle but the Constitution."
This is hardly the only example of apparatchiks furtively attempting to airbrush God out of American history:
• Neither the World War II Memorial (2004) nor the FDR Memorial (1997) — Washington's two newest monuments — contain references to God. The WWII memorial includes a God-related quote from Eisenhower's D-Day message, but it ends just before the general seeks "the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking."
• In 2007, a replica of the Washington Monument's aluminum cap, on display inside the monument, recently was turned so that the words "Laus Deo" (Latin for 'Praise be to God') were no longer visible to vistors. After receiving 28,000 email complaints, the National Park Service said it was a simple mistake and they'd turn it back.
• In 2007, after protests from House Republican Leader John Boehner and others, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol reversed its stated policy of removing references to God or religion from certificates that were given to citizens along with flags flown ceremonially over the Capitol.
• The new John Quincy Adams Presidential Dollar, released earlier this year, contained the words "In God We Trust" along the edge of the coin rather than on its face. After receiving many complaints, the U.S. Mint announced that the motto will appear on the heads side of the 2009 Adams dollars.
Like vultures closing in on a dying man in the desert, moonbats will retreat when challenged, only to sneak in closer still at the next opportunity. Future generations will likely be raised to believe the Founding Fathers were atheists.
On a tip from V the K.
Posted by Van Helsing at December 8, 2008 7:05 AM
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God knows.
our nation is under judgment for thinking we can do ANY good without the benefit of HIS guidance.
we are the prodigal children.
Posted by: nanc at December 8, 2008 7:22 AM
Van:
This is par for the course for the Domocruds and their liberal cronies...
I just don't know what about God makes them so uneasy!!! It's l;ike they are petrified of anything religious.... Must be some deeper problems that we can see....
BTW - I don't think Dirty Harry smells any better than the tourists....
He looks like he smells like moth balls from my Grandmothers attic!!!
GOP Mike
Posted by: GOP Mike at December 8, 2008 7:35 AM
They seem to think God is their competition.
Posted by: jomama at December 8, 2008 7:45 AM
One time is an event. Twice is a coincidence. Three or more times is a pattern. The lunatic left denies that there is a war on Christianity, but the evidence says otherwise.
Posted by: V the K at December 8, 2008 7:45 AM
As bad as L.A. who removed the cross from their city coat of arms or that SUN MUNG WEIRD MOON and his little banter aginst the christian cross and as always self centered liberal idiot MICHEAL NEWDOW who is trying to get IN GOD WE TRUST removed from our currancy and coins ahh the evils of secular humanism and atheism shall we allow that jerk RICHARD DAWKIN to have IN APES WE TRUST becuase according to this muttonhead we all came from monkies SCREW ATHEISTS
Posted by: Spurwing Plover at December 8, 2008 7:52 AM
If you think God isn't punishing America for its apostasy, just remember who our next president is going to be.
Posted by: single stack at December 8, 2008 9:20 AM
"One time is an event. Twice is a coincidence. Three or more times is a pattern. The lunatic left denies that there is a war on Christianity, but the evidence says otherwise."
Actually your reaction suggests Christians are thin skinned, paranoid morons who think no being able in insert their sectarian dogma into all aspects of everyones life is "persecution" !
Posted by: Chris mankey at December 8, 2008 12:57 PM
Actually your reaction suggests Christians are thin skinned, paranoid morons...
If you want this claim to be considered you have to actually put some effort into your reasoning. Going through each example cited in the article and demonstrating how it isn't an example of the persecution of Christianity in the United States would be a good start.
As it is now, you're just a childish buffoon railing against strawmen and mistaking ad hominem for reasonable argument.
Posted by: cowlove at December 8, 2008 1:51 PM
SMELL A needs another quake the shake that atheism secular humanism out of these insolent fools
Posted by: Spurwing Plover at December 8, 2008 7:13 PM
As it is now, you're just a childish buffoon railing against strawmen and mistaking ad hominem for reasonable argument.
I had to look up 'ad hominem', but once I did, oh god that's good. I only know one or two liberals that don't argue that way.
"Why did you vote for Obama?"
"'Cuz Bush sucks!"
"But Bush isn't running, McCain is."
"Yeah, but Bush sucks."
Posted by: slackathor at December 8, 2008 7:34 PM
