re: Conservative Christians rally around persecuted Judge Roy Moore

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But we did arbitrarily change our motto and the writing on our currency in the 50s. We went a century and half without it and suddenly it's necessary because of history/culture? That makes no sense.

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It was on the 5 cent coin long before "In God We Trust" was adopted as the national motto in the 50's. The motto was on the currency and when the motto changed, the currency was updated to reflect that.

The motto, itself, was updated from "E pluribus unum," to "In God We Trust" during the Cold War to differentiate ourselves from the atheistic communists, so it wasn't exactly arbitrary so much as petty, IMO.

The motto, itself, has been used in various ways throughout our history, from the Star Spangled Banner in 1812 to the Civil War and onward. The saying has historical significance with our country.

If you don't like that it's on our currency, perhaps you should petition your representatives to introduce legislation to change our national motto to something else. It was re-affirmed 11 years ago as the national motto by the Senate and 6 years ago by the House.

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We can acknowledge the influence without arbitrarily putting references everywhere. Two completely different things.

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Like I said, it's our national motto. That's why it's on our currency. Maybe we don't have to have our national motto on our currency, but it's not exactly a forced application.

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What standard is even being employed to put Christian references in government. It's completely arbitrary, like you said.

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Got another reference other than "In God We Trust"? It's the national motto.