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Who was in favor of removing the motto In God We Trust from new minted coins?
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∙ 15y ago
There is no concerted effort to remove the motto from U.S. coins. Every so ofter a small group of fringe individuals tries to make a case for doing so, usually on the basis of maintaining an extremely strict separation between church and state. The effort almost always fizzles out quickly because the motto does not promote any specific religion. However, fringe groups on the other end of the spectrum are equally quick to seize on these efforts as part of a "vast conspiracy" to make our money "God-less".
Unfortunately this fear-mongering was abetted by when some of the new $1 Presidential coins were accidentally skipped during the edge-lettering phase of the minting process, so they did not receive the motto ... or the date, mint mark, or "E Pluribus Unum", for that matter. The Religious Right used this as a wedge to claim that it was an active effort to suppress God, forgetting of course about the other parts of the inscription that were also missed!
To keep things in perspective, remember that NO coins had the motto until it was put on 2¢ pieces during the Civil War, and that it didn't appear on most other denominations until the early 20th century. Moreover NO bills had the motto until 1957, and those bills served the U.S. during WW2. We surely had God's protection then, regardless of what inscriptions appeared on our currency.
Bottom line, IMHO in the grand scheme of things this is really a non-issue and is far less important than the many other problems facing the U.S. at the current time.
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What is the Latin motto of the US that is found on coins?
"E Pluribus Unum", (From Many, One). The answer of "E Pluribus Unum" is incorrect. There is NO latin motto of the USA. The Congress with agreement by the President destroyed that motto in 1956 in favor of creating a religious division of the US and made the motto "In God We Trust." "In God We Trust" is the motto, any translation into Latin does not make it the official motto, the motto is set to English.
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