Eli5: why does US currency still have “in god we trust” written on it even though church and state are supposed to be separate?
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It was added during the cold war scare back in 1956 as a way to unite the US against the godless commies. It was passed by the house and the senate and signed into law by the president and has had large public support so there was no reason for the supreme court to weigh in.
So far any challenges to it have been struck down by state supreme courts as they argue it does not specify one god over others and is more ceremonial in nature rather than religious. There simply isn’t enough support yet to try and push it to the supreme court due to the large population of religious in the US.
In the future this may change as non-religious populations increase.
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