G.R. Patterson III wrote:


John Harlow wrote:

If that's not state sponsored religion I don't know what is.


Then you don't know what is. Congress is only forbidden to pass a *law* about
religion. Even in this case, Congress didn't pass any law stating that the
phrase "In God We Trust" be placed on our money.

Actually they passed several such laws. The first was in 1864 and
authorized the use of the phrase on the new two-cent coin. Later acts of
Congress extended the use to other coins and finally an act in 1908 made it
mandatory on almost all coins. It wasn't until 1957 that it appeared on
paper money based on a joint resolution of Congress to that effect in 1956.
See
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fac...-we-trust.html
for details.