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If government isn't forcing anyone to believe a certain way or to worship a deity (or anything) against their conscience, I don't see why we can't allow for history and culture to be involved when it comes to religion. No one is being hurt by acknowledging that the 10 commandments have influenced our rule of law or that our country was founded by men who formed a government with the understanding that a higher power has given us rights that should not be stepped on. If most of the people in this country are Christian and their representatives are Christian and those representatives want to pray or those citizens want to pray (during a football game or otherwise), so long as they are not coercing others to do the same they should be allowed to do that.

Tell you what. We will put up references to the Bible right alongside references to the Quran. Maybe we can throw in an "in Allah we Trust" on the $2 bill. Should be no problem according to your interpretation of the constitution.

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Posted by FooManChoo

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Posted on 11/21/17 at 10:15 am to cahoots

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Tell you what. We will put up references to the Bible right alongside references to the Quran. Maybe we can throw in an "in Allah we Trust" on the $2 bill. Should be no problem according to your interpretation of the constitution.

I don't have a problem with it philosophically but it wouldn't make sense culturally or historically. There's context to consider, and we have a very small population of Muslims in this country and our history and culture have not been and is not defined or heavily influence by the Qur'an.

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