ext_7674 ([identity profile] neadods.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] neadods 2007-10-31 08:04 pm (UTC)

Re: Ignorant Brit surfing past

Technically, it is not specific about which God. (But that still cuts out the atheists, the polytheists, and the matriarchical pagans.)

Because it is not specific, whenever it is challenged in court the defense is always "Oh, it's ceremonial, it doesn't really MEAN anything." And then the Religious Right gets all hyper and uses it as an example of anti-Christian bias anyway, because while no God is actually *specified,* it is generally *understood* to be the Judeo/Christian God.

Our original national motto was "E pluibus unum" (I think I misspelled that) "From Many, One." I like that much more, and it's more inclusive.

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