re: Another JL moment: 10 Commandments coming to La public schools.

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Just to clarify, IGWT was added to coinage during the civil war by this board’s favorite president, Abe Lincoln.

But it was in fact in the 1950s when it was made the national motto and placed on paper currency. And Under God was added to the pledge in the 50s as well.

I agree with your over arching point, but I try to be even handed in how nit picky corrections

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It was added to some coins during the revolutionary War to prop up morale by telling people that God was on the Union's side. You would think that along with Honest Abe doing it would make Southern Conservatives want to scratch it off. It is basically the Federal government giving the Confederacy the