House Republicans push forward with 'In God We Trust' for all state buildings

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House Republicans push forward with 'In God We Trust' for all state buildings

Randy Krehbiel Mar 2, 2021 Updated 11 hrs ago

The nation’s future may rest on the words “In God We Trust” being inscribed in all 342 state-owned buildings, the Oklahoma House of Representatives decided Monday. ... In truth, the House Republicans decided, because the House Democrats judged the measure pointless at best and obnoxious at worst and cast all 19 votes against House Bill 2085, by Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka.

Republicans said the measure will help preserve history and unite Americans. Democrats countered that if unity was the issue, the Great Seal’s “E Pluribus Unum” — “out of many, one” — would be more appropriate. ... “That goes back to 1782,” said Rep. Andy Fugate, D-Oklahoma City. “It predates the Constitution.”

“In God We Trust” traces its origins to the closing words of the fourth and final verse of “The Defence of Fort M’Henry,” a poem that when set to music became known as “The Star Spangled Banner.” ... It became the national motto in 1956.

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A similar bill passed the House last year but failed to get a hearing in the House because of the COVID-shortened session. At that time, Steagall initially presented the bill in terms of religious heritage, saying, “It is impossible to separate church from state.” ... Steagall quickly changed course, though, and Monday pointed to language in HB 2085 that says “In God We Trust” is not meant to promote a particular religion. ... Rep. Regina Goodwin, D-Tulsa, challenged that, noting the bill “does not say ‘In Buddha We Trust.”

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[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Which one?

[Bleacher Creature]

3. If it's Morgan Freeman from Bruce Almighty then I'm cool with it. MT

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Another Republican solution in search of a problem.

Governance through the sympathetic magic of ideology

[Midnight Writer]

4. The GOP is the Party of Stunts. It is all they have.

[Ohiogal]

5. So many problems our nation faces every day

And they prioritize shit like this.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

7. Which is why the House, Senate and the WH

went from Republican to Democrat control in the past four years.. The majority of Americans are sick and tired of their antics, empty posturing and their approach to real problems as you posted.

[HighFired49]

6. So typical

This is so typical of our congress people here in Oklahoma. I think that they write bills like this because they don't have any idea what real government is supposed to be or do, or it's just too hard to take on serious issues that might just make a positive difference in this crappy state. They spend an inordinate amount of their time on bills about gods and abortion rather than on something that could help our poor, under educated, unemployed, uninsured citizens. Wish I had gotten out of here when I tried to years ago, but spouse wouldn't budge. Oh, well....

[Mickju]

8. I hear you.

I'm stuck in this idiotic state also. I had lived in many interesting places and moved here when I retired to help my sister. Now I'm 77 and don't know where I would go if I left. I would also be abandoning my Fox News watching, evangelical sister. I guess I should have know better.

[Walleye]

9. They should use all of it. "In God we trust, all others pay cash"