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As a faculty member I was at this graduation and the crowded loved it (see the tag line).

Just think if he had heard Mr Lowery speak at baccalaureate, hosted by my church.

BTW, we say the pledge every morning in 1st hour, one our 1st teacher workdays a bi-vocational pastor on staff opens with prayer, at the same meeting during the height of the Chick-fil-A controversy he arranged to have a meal catered by them.

I invite Dr Coyne to come on down and ask his questions at an open forum.

1 posted on 06/02/2014 7:53:48 PM PDT by fungoking
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To: fungoking

The video is in the article or here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctwrBqcBcgM


2 posted on 06/02/2014 7:56:00 PM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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Sounds like the speaker had read the Supreme Court’s recent prayer in public meetings decision. Justice Kennedy made most of those same points.

Greece v. Galloway is the case, a victory for a common sense interpretation of the first amendment.


6 posted on 06/02/2014 9:10:28 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (Hoaxey Dopey Changey)
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To: fungoking

Seems it’s not enough that these atheists decline to believe in G-d; they insist that no one else does, either.

Strange.


8 posted on 06/03/2014 12:27:41 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: fungoking

Dr. Coyne has no king but Obama.


9 posted on 06/03/2014 12:35:52 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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“In fact, I’d like to remind our graduates that our nation’s motto is, in fact, ‘In God We Trust.’

Obama revealed that he thought E pluribus unum was the nation’s motto. The Liberal media where Obama receives news of important national events had not informed him.

Perhaps Obama can become better informed by reading Free Republic.

On July 11, 1954, a month after the phrase "UNDER GOD" was incorporated into the Pledge of Allegiance, Congress enacted Public Law 84-140 which put the motto, 'IN GOD WE TRUST,' on all national coins and currency.

In 1956, the phrase 'IN GOD WE TRUST' was legally adopted by Congress as the official United States' National Motto.

In a 2003 joint poll by USA Today, CNN, and Gallup reported that 90% of Americans support "IN GOD WE TRUST" on U.S. coins.

In 2006, on the 50th anniversary of its adoption, the Senate reaffirmed "IN GOD WE TRUST" as the official national motto.

In July 2010, a Federal Appeals Court in the District of Columbia ruled 3-0 the National Motto was constitutional under the First Amendment, quoting the 1970 decision, Aronow v. United States:

"It is quite obvious that the national motto and slogan on coinage and currency 'IN GOD WE TRUST' has nothing whatsoever to do with the establishment of religion."

On March 7, 2011, the Supreme Court denied a challenge by an atheist who was intolerant of the National Motto, by letting the decision of the Federal Appeals Court stand.

On November 1, 2011, the House of Representatives passed an additional resolution in a 396-9 vote reaffirming "IN GOD WE TRUST" as the official motto of the United States.

10 posted on 06/03/2014 5:24:12 AM PDT by MosesKnows (Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.)
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