Atheism and freedom of speech

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No. Quite the opposite - we need to expand the number of allowable religious symbols in such instances. Currently the military doesn't allow pagan or wiccan religious symbols on grave markers, and that represents unconstitutional discrimination against religious minorities, don't you agree?

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Back in the 80s when I was in the US Army, they did allow me to have Panthiest on my dogtags for religious preference, however my roommate at the time was not allowed to have Satanist on his dogtags. This is despite his sincere belief system based upon the writings of LaVey.Apparently, at least then, those who represent the US government enforce the {presumed} stricture that some religious preferences are acceptable while others are not. Unfortunately, I have the suspicion that too many in the US believe there are only two religions, Judaism and Christianity (as in we have both kinds of music, country and western - apologies to Blues Brothers). Edited by anglagard, : presumed

For further clarification, the first US coin to have the motto "In God We Trust" was the 2-cent piece in 1864. After that others followed so that by 1938, all us coins had the motto. You are correct in stating it started appearing on paper money starting in 1957 and is included on all currency printed since 1966. However, because the motto started appearing during the Civil War, I doubt it had anything to do with Stalin or communism.Front page | U.S. Department of the TreasuryEdited by anglagard, : Forgot my customary link to back my assertions.

Evidently, you have never been to the Capitol Bar in Socorro, NM as everything under the sun is open to discussion. Unfortunatly, grad-level physics classes are no longer taught there as in the old days. Personally, I blame the bad side of political correctness.