Write it on the back of your envelopes

email | 10/27/2003 | unknown

[LiteKeeper]

WRITE IT ON THE BACK OF YOUR ENVELOPES

You may have heard in the news that a couple of Post Offices in Texas have been forced to take down small posters that say"IN GOD WE TRUST." The law, they say, is being violated. It is something silly about electioneering posters (is God running for office)?

Anyway, I heard proposed on a radio station show, that we all write "IN GOD WE 'TRUST" on the back of all our mail. After all, that is our national motto, and it's on all the money we use to buy those stamps. I think it is a wonderful idea.

We must take back our nation from all the people who think that anything that offends them should be removed.

If you like this idea, please pass it on and DO IT. The idea of writing or stamping "IN GOD WE TRUST" on our envelopes sounds good to me. I'M HAVING MY STAMP MADE TODAY!

It has been reported that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore, I have a ve ry hard time understanding why there is such a mess about having "In God We Trust" on our money and having God in the pledge of Allegiance.

Could it be that we just need to take action and tell the 14% to sit down and shut up?

If you agree, pass this on, if not delete.

[truthingod]

Sounds good to me! We can make a difference every one of us millions of times!

[My2Cents]

Good idea. I like.

[pabianice]

Easy. Go into your Microsoft Word or Office and in the "tools" option of your editor, go "envelopes." Once there, add whatever you like to your automatic return address that's printed on your mail envelopes. It will print below your return address automatically. My two favorites are:

"In God We Trust" and "Enjoy your freedom. Then thank a veteran."

[Roarkdude]

I'm in.

[Republicus2001]

when God is taken from our Constitution - our God-given rights will be gone forever - good bye freedom hello mullahs

[zlala]

From Snopes.com posted 22 Dec 2002

In 2002, Frank P. Williamson, a retired chemical engineer, spent $3,000 to purchase 300 16-by-20-inch framed posters displaying the motto "In God We Trust" in large white letters over the red, white, and blue colors of the American flag.

Mr. Williamson donated the posters for display in public buildings (city halls, schools, libraries, police stations, and post offices) throughout Montgomery County, Texas, saying: "After the terrorist attacks on 9/11, I thought it would be good to promote our national motto. I know that the only reason we've been successful in the past is that our forefathers put their trust in God way back."

In November 2002, a United States Postal Service (USPS) supervisor ordered the removal of these posters from the lobbies of government-owned post offices in several Montgomery county towns (including Montgomery, Dobbin, and Willis) because they "did not fit within postal guidelines," citing a USPS regulation prohibiting the "depositing or posting of handbills, flyers, pamphlets, signs, posters, placards, or other literature (except official postal and other governmental notices and announcements) in interior public areas on postal premises." (A small post office north of Houston was allowed to keep its poster on display after a supervisor determined that the office was a privately-run contract facility and was therefore not subject to the same "facility standards" as government-owned post offices.)

The United States' use of a national motto with a religious reference despite the First Amendment's prohibition against Congress' making any "law respecting an establishment of religion" remains a contentious issue. "In God We Trust" was established as the national motto of the United States through a law (36 U.S.C. Section 186) passed by Congress in 1956, and two federal statutes require its use on all U.S. coins and currency. Three federal appeals courts have heard cases (most recently in 1996) challenging the constitutionality of the mandated appearance of "In God We Trust" on coinage and currency, but all these cases have so far been unsuccessful. (The United States Supreme Court has not yet decided a case challenging the constitutionality of the national motto.)

The precedent remains the ruling handed down by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1970, that "It is quite obvious that the national motto and the slogan on coinage and currency, 'In God We Trust', has nothing whatsoever to do with the establishment of religion. Its use is of a patriotic or ceremonial character and bears no true resemblance to a governmental sponsorship of a religious exercise."

[zlala]

Re post #7 - Just addition info. (I forgot to put that part in my post).

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Is God running for office? Just ruler of the universe. Against Hillary Clinton.

[anoldafvet]

"We must take back our nation from all the people who think that anything that offends them should be removed."

I'm offended every time I see Hitlery Clinton or any democrap, can we get them removed?

[Donaeus]

I've been writing God Bless America on the front of my mail, I'll have to start putting In God We Trust on the other side. While I'm at it I'll add a flag and include The Pledge with UNDER GOD in bold relief--I might just make it a mini-mural!

[2timothy3.16]

Good thinking, consider it done.

[Johnny Gage]

Way cool idea!

This gets a:

Johnny Gage MEGA PING!

[newgeezer]

This will only cause Congress to finally pass that 5-cent email tax.

[boxerblues]

thats when you add "In God we trust" to your email signature

[Sabertooth]

Johnny Gage MEGA PING!

Is it really your mega ping if DeSoto's not first on the list?

[Soaring Feather]

bump

[ErnBatavia]

Must be a quandary, accepting dollar bills that have that very term on them...

[HiJinx]

Sounds like a good bumper sticker I saw recently:

[unixfox]

Let's take it a step further. I say we put "ABOLISH THE IRS" on all envelopes.