THOUGHTS ON <q>IN GOD WE TRUST</q>

In response to last week's featured web site about the motto "In God We Trust" on U.S. coins, subscriber Leonard Augsburger writes:

"Maybe this is off topic, but the verbiage "separation of church and state" appears nowhere in the Constitution.

What it does say is that Congress shall make no law regarding the establishment of religion. The context, the reference, was to the Church of England and to the monarch established as head of both church and state.

There is a difference between coinage depicting the motto "In God We Trust" and Bill Clinton declaring himself to be the head of the Christian church in America, and the courts have consistently ruled thus."

Wayne Homren, Editor

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The E-Sylum: Volume 3, Number 6, February 6, 2000, Article 7

THOUGHTS ON "IN GOD WE TRUST"

Wayne Homren, Editor