Loudermilk Fights to Preserve National Motto

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Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) joined colleagues in filing an amicus brief with the Supreme Court to protect our national motto.

Michael Newdow, who is best known for his law suit to ban school children from saying the Pledge of Allegiance, is attempting to remove our national motto, "In God We Trust" from our money on the grounds that this inscription violates the freedom of speech and freedom of religion. In response, House members have filed a brief (amicus curie) affirming that the founders coined this phrase from America's inception based on a national philosophy that recognized God.

"At America's birth, our founders coined our national motto, "In God We Trust,'" said Rep. Loudermilk. "This phrase embodies the idea that we receive our inalienable rights from God and that no man-made law can take these rights from us. Ironically, Newdow, who has spent much of his time trying to suppress freedom of speech and religion, is using these God-given rights as justification to silence those he disagrees with. These four words embody a founding philosophical belief and an important part of our nation's heritage and history. We must preserve our motto and founding ideals because they bare significant meaning to our nation."

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