Wednesday, April 7, 2010

NEW CURRENCY

I recently received an email from my older sister about the new gold dollar coin that came out, stating to reject this coin if we are to receive it for the reason that they removed “IN GOD WE TRUST”. To hear about this it made me upset, why are we removing God from our American symbols? I did do a Google search on this coin and I am please to say that in God We Trust still remains on our coin, it is located on the side of the coin instead of on the front. In the Pledge of Allegiance they wanted to remove “One Nation under God” when I was a freshman in High School, not sure if they ever did! Never mind, I just had Davian recite the Pledge of Allegiance and it remains the same! I understand that we live in a country with freedom of speech, and we are entitled to say what we want and act the way we please. That is why I believe if those individual who don’t believe in God can refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance, or use our currency, my suggestion is that they could use plastic I haven’t noticed anything associated with God on any Visa, Master or American Express cards. Davian informed me that there are a couple of kids in his class who don’t say the Pledge of Allegiance, do to religious reasons. He is quite not sure what this means at this point in time, but I told him to respect their decisions.

1 comment:

  1. Olivia, this is a complicated issue, and involves the separation of church and state. When I was teaching in both the middle school and high school, I did have students who didn't say the pledge. They were expected to stand up and be respectful.

    I like that you are having these conversations with Davian. You are an engaged mom.

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