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INDEPENDENCE.
IT'S ALL WRAPPED UP IN
PATRIOTISM.
SHE'S TALKING ABOUT FOUR
SIMPLE WORDS TONIGHT ADOPTED AS
OUR NATIONAL MOTTO AND FOUND ON
OUR COINS AND BILLS.
.
.
BUT ONE OFFICIAL SAYS "IN GOD WE
TRUST" DOES NOT BELONG ON THE
WALL OF OUR COURTHOUSE.
I'M MIKE CLARK.
AND I'M WENDY BELL.
IT'S PATRIOTISM VERSUS RELIGION.
THEY WON'T GIVE UP THE FIGHT.
Reporter: THIS IS THE GOLD
ROOM AT THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY
COURTHOUSE.
THISL
S THEIR MEETING.
THIS IS WHERE "IN GOD WE TRUST"
WOULD BE DISPLAYED ABOVE A
REPLICA OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
JUST THE TALK OF IT HAS CREATED
CONTROVERSY.
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.
THE SUPREME COURT HAS SAID
IT'S ALL INCLUSIVE.
THERE ARE MANY FAITHS THAT
BELIEVE IN A SUPREME BEING.
Reporter: THE IDEAS ARE
DIFFERENT, TWO SIDES OF A
FAMILIAR BATTLE.
ONE THAT'S NOW A HEATED DEBATE
IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
A DEBATE OVER FOUR WORDS WE HAVE
COME TO KNOW FOR DECADES ON OUR
MONEY AND WORDS DECLAURED THE
NATIONAL MOTTO IN 1956.
BUT IT IS A MOTTO THAT ALLEGHENY
COUNTY EXECUTIVE SAYS HAS NO
PLACE IN THE COURTHOUSE AND
SOMETHING HE SAY HE IS WILL
FIGHT TO KEEP OUT EVEN IF
COUNCIL VOTES "IN GOD WE TRUST"
IN.
I WOULD BE FORCED TO VETO THE
BILL.
Reporter: BUT ONE
COUNCILWOMAN IS PUSHING JUST AS
*** THE OTHER SIDE.
HE MADE THE PROPOSAL FOR THE
MOTTO AND IS DETERMINED TO GET
IT THROUGH.
IF WE GET THE VOTES AND IT IT
PASSES AND HE'S GOING TO VETO, I
WILL GO FOR AN OVERRIDE OF THE
VETO.
Reporter: THIS WILL CLEARLY
BE A FIGHT BASED ON STRONG VIEWS
NEITHER SIDE PLANS TO CONCEDE.
AS ALLEGHENY COUNTY HAS
CHANGED, WE WANT TO BE MORE
INCLUSIVE AND INCLUSIVE TO
PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHst.
WHETHER THEY BE JEWISH, WHOEVER
THEY MIGHT BE.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE.
I FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT THE
NATIONAL MOTTO BECAUSE MY FATHER
WAS A VETERAN.
THERE'S NO DOUBT THIS DEBATE
CONTINUES AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW IT FOR YOU.