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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Anonymous 0 Comments

I wish everyone who didn’t like it would give it the fat Sharpie treatment. How long would it take for the crossed out notes to become ubiquitous in circulation?

Anonymous 0 Comments

As an atheist, it means that my money is not really worth anything as the US is no longer on the gold standard. Even a religious person should not think money has value because this is printed on it because what would their God want to do with money? Personally, if I was religious, I would view that saying being on money as an insult to the principles that that particular deity is supposed to stand for.