Thread:CreddieCupcake/@comment-4542190-20120603190849/@comment-4196911-20120607023637

Christianity has nothing to do with forcing people, quite the opposite.

I don't care what you think your religion does or doesn't do. I'm talking about the US Government (which is not Christian and isn't supposed to promote Christianity or any other religion), and it's proper role in relation to private citizens.

 I've watched many tv shows and movies about the schools in the US.

Good for you. I actually attended public schools in the US for 15 years.

'"In God We Trust" on money does not interfere with or negates each individual's free will and freedom of choice, doesn't "brain-wash" anyone into believing. It's not even on the spotlight, it's a detail. So, I don't see any reason to complain about it. '

Of course you don't - because you live in Europe, and like many Europeans, you are used to the idea of churches and governement institutions being more closely entangled with each other than they are here. We have a religious population and a deliberately secular government. Many European countries have state churches and mandatory religious instruction. These ideas are completely foreign and alien to Americans. Our government doesn't work like yours - and deliberately so.

'I don't think there is any reason (for us or anyone) to keep arguing about this. '

I agree - because you keep talking about majority rule like it's supposed to be relevant in this case (it's not), and you clearly are unwilling or unable to understand the distinction I've been trying to make.

The majority can't just do whatever it wants, but you keep going back to the point as if you don't understand that.

You clearly don't understand the American government and what its proper role is in relation to both religious institutions and the private beliefs of religious Americans. If you did, you would understand excatly why the Supreme Court correctly outlawed mandatory school-sponsored prayer in taxpayer-funded schools in 1962.

You don't have to agree with me that "In God We Trust" on money should be decided exactly the same way as the school prayer issue, but you need to understand exactly why I think the two issues are identical, and why I think the Courts have been correct about the latter issue, but wrong-headed about the former. Since you see no need for us to continue to argue about this, you are once again free to stop at any time.

I'm done.