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November 11th 2006, 03:36 PM #1
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Female - Xmas & HanukkahQ. on U.S. Pledge of Allegience.
According Jason Ball, student trustee of Orange Coast College, "if you know your history, you know that 'under God' was inserted during the McCarthy era and was directly designed to destroy my ideology."
Is that true that the "under God" was added in the McCarthy are?
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November 11th 2006, 03:44 PM #2
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Male - AgnosticRe: Q. on U.S. Pledge of Allegience.
Yes, it is true. On June 14, 1954 to be percise.Is that true that the "under God" was added in the McCarthy are?
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November 11th 2006, 03:46 PM #3
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Male - AmishRe: Q. on U.S. Pledge of Allegience.
Around the same time "In God We Trust" was placed on US currencyif I'm not mistaken.
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November 11th 2006, 05:17 PM #4
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Female - ChristianRe: Q. on U.S. Pledge of Allegience.
Ball is a communist?
By the way, he's killed his own argument with his terminology. If atheism is no more than an ideology it doesn't enjoy the same level of protection as religion.Last edited by Teallaura; November 11th 2006 at 05:23 PM.
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November 12th 2006, 09:46 AM #5
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Male - ChristianRe: Q. on U.S. Pledge of Allegience.
Um, you're mistaken.
Originally posted by Amazing Rando
Teddy Roosevelt, when he commissioned the gold double-eagle coin, specifically said he did not want the motto "In God We Trust" to appear on it, because he suspected the coin would be popular in gambling halls and did not want to see God's name profaned.
And Teddy was worm food well before the '50's.
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November 12th 2006, 07:00 PM #6
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Male - AmishRe: Q. on U.S. Pledge of Allegience.
I stand corrected. Originally posted by Braveheart
Wikipedia says the motto was on US currency back in Civil War days. I had confused that with its being made the official national motto, which Eisenhower did in 1956.
Last edited by Amazing Rando; November 12th 2006 at 07:02 PM.
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November 12th 2006, 07:05 PM #7
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Male - ChristianRe: Q. on U.S. Pledge of Allegience.
Originally posted by Amazing Rando
I stand corrected. Wikipedia says the motto was on US currency back in Civil War days. I had confused that with its being made the official national motto, which Eisenhower did in 1956.
It was a Civil War thing. I think its first appearance was on a 3c piece?We are facing an enormous and dramatic clash between good and evil, death and life, the 'culture of death' and the 'culture of life'. We find ourselves not only 'faced with' but necessarily 'in the midst of' this conflict: we are all involved and we all share in it, with the inescapable responsibility of choosing to be unconditionally pro-life. --John Paul II
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November 12th 2006, 07:11 PM #8
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Male - ChristianRe: Q. on U.S. Pledge of Allegience.
2 cent coins in the 1860s
Here is one for auction on Ebay:
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November 12th 2006, 07:23 PM #9
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Male - AmishRe: Q. on U.S. Pledge of Allegience.
We need to bring back the three cent piece. And also perhaps an eight-cent coin too. Originally posted by Mark_S
It was a Civil War thing. I think its first appearance was on a 3c piece?
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November 12th 2006, 07:38 PM #10
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Male - AgnosticRe: Q. on U.S. Pledge of Allegience.
Might want to think twice about that. Right now too many cashiers rely on cash registers that display "Cash Back" to figure out the amount. Originally posted by Amazing Rando
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November 28th 2006, 01:59 AM #11
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Female - ChristianRe: Q. on U.S. Pledge of Allegience.
I had to laugh. I've worked part-time as a cashier for over three years... and let me tell you, some of our newbies can't for the LIFE of them figure out how to VERY quickly give someone change back if they hand over $2.00 for something worth $1.39... they always ask me "um.. how do you count up from an uneven number...??" while the customer is either patiently or not-so-patiently waiting for their sixty-one cents. I finally hit their "change owed button" and Originally posted by Minnesota
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