IN GOD WE TRUST - prawdziwa historia sławnego zdania

The True Story of IN GOD WE TRUST

This motto was put on american dollar in 1862 under the Legal Tender Act by . Lincoln's secretary of the treasury, Chase was known as a devout Epsicopalian and abolitionist who used to sing hymns as he Salmon Chase was bathing. These "greenbacks" were the first federal paper money. (Previously states had issued paper currency.) Although no politician would dare to contest these words today, one popular American president later wanted to do away with the words. Theodore Roosevelt, as religiously moral and Christian-minded as any president America has ever seen, wanted to remove the slogan for seemingly opposite viewpoints. As a constitutional conservative, he believed that the words were unconstitutional in that they established a religion in opposition to the First Amendment. As a very devout Christian, Teddy Roosevelt also believed putting God on the money was a sacrilege.