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[acroyear]

"We're looking at whether 'Under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional and should be banned in public schools. We've noticed currency has "In God We Trust" on it. Therefore we're considering banning all lunch money at schools."

-- source: a political cartoon I saw in the paper. I'll better credit it if i see the source online.

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[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

check out elf's archives, though you may have to dig a bit. the work is from the 1890s, by a baptist minister. under god was added in 1952, during the peak of mccarthyism and the desire to have anything and everything added to keep americans patriotic and loyal and having available all the tools to pick out non-conformists in order to suspect them of anything...

...gee, that last sentence sounds WAY too familiar...

[javasaurus.livejournal.com]

Site about the history of the Pledge

[cozit.livejournal.com]

*g* I was close at least. thanks.

Now all I have to do is remember to look up the coinage/currency thing...