From the Channel 5 News site:
Ugh, just ugh. I've spent so much time wanting them to remove it from our money, and this just takes things in the wrong direction. I respect that most Tennesseans are religious, but why must they demand that everyone else be religious too?
I've heard that some claim that it's not about promoting religion, but rather promoting the national motto. Oh, so it's not Christian propaganda, it's political propaganda. Sure, that's way better. But you can't fool me. If the national motto was, "Protect the Environment" or "Visualize World Peace", they probably wouldn't be pushing so hard.
I'm not going to call it religious prosecution just yet. It's just words on a wall, not rounding up atheists for concentration camps. But it does send a definite and clear message: Atheists are not welcome here. And with that message, Christianity crosses the line from "well meaning dogma" to "oppressive hate group."
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