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The cross gets a reprieve

Sam Judge and the 1950 . this country lived on a creater " no God" for a 150 years. It Was in the last 50 years you all want to say it was GOD. Give it a break and be the consertives you say you are.
This COUNTRY WAS NOT FOUND ON GOD. MAYBE ASK A NATIVE AMERICAN. COYOTE( POSSIBLE)

Below is a listing by denomination of the first production and delivery dates for currency bearing IN GOD WE TRUST:

DENOMINATION PRODUCTION DELIVERY
$1 Federal Reserve Note February 12, 1964 March 11, 1964
$5 United States Note January 23, 1964 March 2, 1964
$5 Federal Reserve Note July 31, 1964 September 16, 1964
$10 Federal Reserve Note February 24, 1964 April 24, 1964
$20 Federal Reserve Note October 7, 1964 October 7, 1964
$50 Federal Reserve Note August 24, 1966 September 28, 1966
$100 Federal Reserve Note August 18, 1966 September 27, 1966

Regarding "fight skirmishes and firefights on the edges, hoping a victory here and there will weaken the role of religion in America." FYI, it's a worthy fight. Reglion is wrong on history, wrong about the original of man and the universe, and - above all - wrong on morality.

Great news!!! I heard that the God haters plan to appeal? Since it was a federal judge,what court do they appeal it in?
Botton line, it is a sad day when we the tax payers have to pay to defend having memory to our law enforcement built just cause these God haters can't look the other way! I haven't even seen one of these signs so they must have to search real hard just to fine one to complain about. To bad they don't have a life without infringing on others life's.

Can't any writer in these commentaries spell?????

Biblically, you have two dominions. You have the material and the spiritual. Do you sing "living in the material world," at you ward on Sundays? Jews lived before Jesus. Jesus was a Jew. The Jews were Possessive of the word for god. They considered the name of god to be holly. Old Rabbinical texts omit the number 26 because it is the numeric value equaling god's name in Hebrew. Only the priests knew the correct pronunciation YHWH.

Look at it this way. Your money and be taken but your soul can't.

The greatest blaspheme is putting god's name on money!

Back to crosses. Ever see a cross in a ward house? Not all Christians use the cross. Back to the predecessors of Christianity, the Jews. They use the Start of David, which to them symbolizes god.

To be blunt. Utahans are being selfish. At Arlington Jewish soldiers grave aren't adorned with crosses. America recognizes Jews by using the Star of David about the final resting places of Jewish soldiers.

This is too much to expect from Utah?

If you would only learn to respect that others consider their god to be holier than money.

well, if any of the fallen are Jewish, perhaps we can put a star of david there too. Like at Arlington.

Daisy, the reason we can't spell is our parents were not given the choice in education. Now we wallow in publik scools, learning how to spell when the clas is queiet. (Which is rare, as there are about 35 kids in class).

The judge was wrong; a religious symbol is a religious symbol and does not magically change into a secular because an xtian court says so.

It has been suggested, by the plaintiffs, that a truly secular monument be used to honor the memory of these fallen Highway Patrol troopers. This should offend no one, however xtians are not satisfied. They have to force their superstitious beliefs onto everyone.

If the xtians must use xtian symbols then they should put them on private property and not on public property.

Kay you stated, "it is a sad day when we the tax payers have to pay to defend having memory to our law enforcement built". The reason anyone is paying court costs is because these people are refusing to put up secular monuments, the only ones that should be on state land. If you do not want any more court costs then demand the state replace the unconstitutional religious icons and replace them with truly secular ones. Demand that all future monuments on state land be secular.