(4th US Circuit) Appeals court: 'In God We Trust' slogan
does not violate Constitution

By Larry O'Dell
The Associated Press
San Diego Union-Tribune
Friday, May 13, 2005

Richmond, Va. - The inscription "In God We Trust" on the
facade of a government building in North Carolina does
not violate the U.S. Constitution's guidelines on the
separation of church and state, a federal appeals court
ruled Friday.

A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals unanimously upheld a lower judge's dismissal of a
lawsuit challenging the slogan written on the Davidson
County Government Center in Lexington, N.C.

The inscription, in 18-inch block letters, was paid for
with donations from individuals and churches in 2002.

(4th US Circuit) Appeals court: 'In God We Trust' slogan does not violate
Constitution

By Larry O'Dell
The Associated Press
San Diego Union-Tribune
Friday, May 13, 2005

Richmond, Va. - The inscription "In God We Trust" on the
facade of a government building in North Carolina does
not violate the U.S. Constitution's guidelines on the
separation of church and state, a federal appeals court
ruled Friday.

A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals unanimously upheld a lower judge's dismissal of a
lawsuit challenging the slogan written on the Davidson
County Government Center in Lexington, N.C.

The inscription, in 18-inch block letters, was paid for
with donations from individuals and churches in 2002.
Lawyers Charles F. Lambeth Jr. and Michael D. Lea, who
regularly practice in the center, filed a lawsuit a few
months later, claiming the display violated the First
Amendment and seeking its removal.

U.S. District Judge William L. Osteen ruled in May 2004
that the display "will not produce an excessive
entanglement of church and state."

The appeals court agreed, noting that "In God We Trust"
has appeared on the nation's coins since 1865 and was
made the national motto by Congress in 1956. The motto
also is inscribed above the speaker's chair in the U.S.
House of Representatives and above the main door of the
U.S. Senate chamber.

"In this situation, the reasonable observer must be
deemed aware of the patriotic uses, both historical and
present, of the phrase 'In God We Trust,'" Judge Robert
King wrote. The court said the inscription would be
unconstitutional if it served a religious purpose.

Lea said he was disappointed but was not sure whether he
would appeal the ruling.

"The 4th Circuit got it exactly right," said James
Redfern Morgan Jr., a Winston-Salem attorney who defended
the county's governing board.

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule in the coming
weeks whether Ten Commandments displays on government
property violate the Constitution's ban on
"establishment" of religion. Last year the high court
dismissed on technical grounds a case in which an appeals
court ruled that the words "under God" in Pledge of
Allegiance were unconstitutional.

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On the Net:
www.ca4.uscourts.gov

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050513-1518-ingodwetrust.html

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Richmond, Va. - The inscription "In God We Trust" on the
facade of a government building in North Carolina does
not violate the U.S. Constitution's guidelines on the
separation of church and state, a federal appeals court
ruled Friday.

(4th US Circuit) Appeals court: 'In God We Trust' slogan does not violate Constitution

(4th US Circuit) Appeals court: 'In God We Trust' slogan does not violate

By Larry O'Dell
The Associated Press
San Diego Union-Tribune
Friday, May 13, 2005

Richmond, Va. - The inscription "In God We Trust" on the
facade of a government building in North Carolina does
not violate the U.S. Constitution's guidelines on the
separation of church and state, a federal appeals court
ruled Friday.

A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals unanimously upheld a lower judge's dismissal of a
lawsuit challenging the slogan written on the Davidson
County Government Center in Lexington, N.C.

The inscription, in 18-inch block letters, was paid for
with donations from individuals and churches in 2002.
Lawyers Charles F. Lambeth Jr. and Michael D. Lea, who
regularly practice in the center, filed a lawsuit a few
months later, claiming the display violated the First
Amendment and seeking its removal.

U.S. District Judge William L. Osteen ruled in May 2004
that the display "will not produce an excessive
entanglement of church and state."

The appeals court agreed, noting that "In God We Trust"
has appeared on the nation's coins since 1865 and was
made the national motto by Congress in 1956. The motto
also is inscribed above the speaker's chair in the U.S.
House of Representatives and above the main door of the
U.S. Senate chamber.

"In this situation, the reasonable observer must be
deemed aware of the patriotic uses, both historical and
present, of the phrase 'In God We Trust,'" Judge Robert
King wrote. The court said the inscription would be
unconstitutional if it served a religious purpose.

Lea said he was disappointed but was not sure whether he
would appeal the ruling.

"The 4th Circuit got it exactly right," said James
Redfern Morgan Jr., a Winston-Salem attorney who defended
the county's governing board.

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule in the coming
weeks whether Ten Commandments displays on government
property violate the Constitution's ban on
"establishment" of religion. Last year the high court
dismissed on technical grounds a case in which an appeals
court ruled that the words "under God" in Pledge of
Allegiance were unconstitutional.

- - -

On the Net:
www.ca4.uscourts.gov

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050513-1518-ingodwetrust.html

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The terrorist mission of Jesus stated in the Christian bible:

"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not so send
peace, but a sword.
"For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the
daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in
law.
"And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
- Matthew 10:34-36.

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