We had a perfectly good motto for nearly 200 years. The founding fathers went to a lot of trouble to pick “E Pluribus Unum” (“From many, one”) as a reflection of American diversity and unity. Sure, it wasn’t in English, but it was a pretty good motto nevertheless.<\/p>\n
In 1956, during the Cold War, politicians decided the motto wasn’t religious enough, so they picked a new one, “In God We Trust.” And to celebrate the golden anniversary of the phrase, Rep. John Duncan (R-Tenn.) has an idea.<\/p>\n
James Dobson’s Focus on the Family sent this alert to its membership yesterday via email (no link available):<\/p>\n
U.S. Rep. John Duncan, R-Tenn., has plans to introduce a resolution reaffirming the motto, one that would call on Americans to celebrate it on or around its July 30 anniversary with patriotic and sacred assemblies and prayer. […]<\/p>\n
[The resolution includes a] list of 16 historical findings, including that “the fundamental trust of the American people upon the God of the Bible is irrefutable.” It also cites Psalm 33:12 (“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord”) and proclaims that “This American trust in the Christian Deity dates from the earliest colonial days.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Read that again. An elected lawmaker wants Congress to support a resolution that says all of us have an “irrefutable” trust in the “God of the Bible,” and, more specifically, we’ve also always trusted the “Christian Deity.” For good measure, Tanner even has plans to throw in a theocratic Bible verse in his resolution.<\/p>\n
I know it frustrates a lot of conservatives when liberals talk about the “Taliban wing of the Republican Party,” but we’ll stop using the phrase just as soon as these guys stop acting like they want to a establish a theocracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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