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SHOULD "IN GOD WE TRUST" BE
DISPLAYED AT OUR LOCAL
COURTHOUSE.
TONIGHT, THE DECISION IS IN.
WE'RE LIVE.
WILL THEY OR WON'T THEY.
THEY WILL NOT EVEN THOUGH ONE
COUNCILMAN SAID THERE WERE
HUNDREDS OF E-MAILS TRYING TO
GET THEM TO SUPPORT THE IDEA.
ANOTHER COUNCILMAN CALLED IT A
CHEAP PLOY.
THE IDEA BEHIND DISPLAYING "IN
GOD WE TRUST" WAS SIMPLE FOR THE
SPONSOR.
IT GIVES HONOR TO THE PEOPLE
WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND
FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY
AROUND THE WORLD.
SHE PROPOSED IT BE PUT WHERE
THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETS.
ALL IT DOES IS START A BUNCH
OF CRAP FOR EVERYBODY.
IT CAN BE FOUND ON OUR MONEY
AND IT'S BEEN THE NATIONAL MOTTO
SINCE 19566789 EVEN SO, MANY
COUNCIL MEMBERS BLASTED THE
IDEA.
THE MESSAGE WHETHER IT WAS
THE INTENT OR NOT IS THAT THIS
HAS BECOME A RELIGIOUS ISSUE.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT
WE ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WE KEEP
THE CHURCH AND THE STATE
SEPARATE.
WHENEVER WE START MIXING THEM,
THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME
PROBLEMS.
I JUST DON'T FEEL THAT MAYBE
WE SHOULD DISPLAY IT IN HERE.
IT MAY BE A CHEAP ATTEMPT TO
DISPLAY GOD AS OUR SUPREME
BEING.
EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE
COUNTY EXECUTIVE TOLD US HE
WOULD VETO THE BILL IF IT WERE
TO PASS.
I THINK WHEN YOU PUT THOSE
KIND OF CODE WORDS IN PLACE,
THAT I THINK IT SENDS A
DIFFERENT SIGNAL THAN WHAT WE
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.
IT DID HAVE A FEW SUPPORTERS.
A GREAT PRESIDENT, DWIGHT D.
EISENHOWER, HE THOUGHT IT WAS A
GOOD IDEA AND HE DEFEATED NAZI
GERMANY.
BUT STILL, THE COUNCIL VOTED
IT DOWN.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD OVERTURN
THE VETO.
AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING, SAID