Is having "In God We Trust" on money, buildings, etc. constitutional?

[Franzl]

I dunno, I'd lean no.

Personally, I think it violates the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment...but the Supreme Court has ruled differently.

[Franzl]

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"

No religion is being established and no one is stopped from exercising their religion. It's constitutional.

It's still a claim that a God exists....whatever God that might be. I think the establishment of any such being violates that clause.

[Franzl]

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"

No religion is being established and no one is stopped from exercising their religion. It's constitutional.

It's still a claim that a God exists....whatever God that might be. I think the establishment of any such being violates that clause.

But it doesn't say what specific God, so it's not preferencing one religion over the other. It's kind of a generic thing. But then again, I'm no constitutional scholar.

I'm no constituoinal scholar either, of course

My problem there is that freedom of religion also means freedom from religion, in my opinion. The notion that a higher being (= God) exists seems to me to mean that the state recognizes that religion (whichever religion that may be) must be true in some form.

[Franzl]

I don't like these "Who cares?" responses. It may not be extremely important whether it's declared unconstitutional or not....but this question should be seriously debated on its merits, and not simply pushed to the side because of a lack of relevance.

[Franzl]

Yes (R)

Could you at least attempt to present an argument?

Or is something constitutional just because you agree with it?

[Franzl]

Why amend the Constitution to ban something that is already unconstitutional?