Originally posted by Badwater
Wow, you could not be more incorrect here if you tried. A simple examination of numismatics would show that God references have been in place since the American Civil War and that attempts were made more than 20 years prior to that to include mottos with reference to God.

In point of fact, the Civil War was rife with both sides claiming to be on the side ...[text shortened]... re in swearing in and inaugurations has also been more or less a constant since the Civil War.

And then the Christians decided their religion is more important than fabled American liberty.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
And then the Christians decided their religion is more important than fabled American liberty.

During which age?

Answer: The McCarthyist age.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
And then the Christians decided their religion is more important than fabled American liberty.

No, I think the Christians saw religious expression and liberty as interdependent; that one did not exist without the other.