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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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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“separation of church and state” doesn’t appear anywhere in the constitution.  What it does say is

>Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

This motto doesn’t establish a religion or prohibit the free exercise thereof.

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