Why don't we tell the 14% to BE QUIET? Well, there's a little thing called "equality" that the USA is built around. The Declaration of Independence opens with the words "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
Thus a government should speak for the people, not tell the people what to think, or take a position that doesn't represent the entire population.
12% of the population are black. Should the majority (white) be in support of a motto that says "America - The whiter the better!"? I think you'd find hardly any people in America who would be behind such a motto. If you can make that decision over something like race, you can rationalise it over religion as well.
A quick correction though, littlegrimlin.
Thus a government should speak for the people, not tell the people what to think, or take a position that doesn't represent the entire population.
12% of the population are black. Should the majority (white) be in support of a motto that says "America - The whiter the better!"? I think you'd find hardly any people in America who would be behind such a motto. If you can make that decision over something like race, you can rationalise it over religion as well.
A quick correction though, littlegrimlin.
Quote:people may be offended by "No god we trust" but that's secular...Actually, that isn't secular. Secularism =/= Atheism. Secularism is as against instituting atheism as a national religion as much as it is against instituting Christianity. A secular motto would have no mention of God in it.
