18.07.09, Rob Hotakainen, for KANSAS CITY (US). California Republican congressman wants to do a little writing on the walls of Washington’s newest federal building. If Rep. Dan Lungren gets his way, Congress will spend nearly $100,000 to engrave the words “In God We Trust” and the Pledge of Allegiance in prominent spots at the Capitol Visitor Center. Lungren’s proposal drew only a whimper of opposition last week when the House voted 410-8 to approve it. Now, however, Lungren finds himself tussling with a national atheists and agnostics group. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation has sued to stop the engraving, accusing Lungren of trying to force his religious beliefs on as many as 15 percent of all U.S. adults.
19/7/09
Group opposes putting God’s name on the walls of the Capitol Visitor Center
18.07.09, Rob Hotakainen, for KANSAS CITY (US). California Republican congressman wants to do a little writing on the walls of Washington’s newest federal building. If Rep. Dan Lungren gets his way, Congress will spend nearly $100,000 to engrave the words “In God We Trust” and the Pledge of Allegiance in prominent spots at the Capitol Visitor Center. Lungren’s proposal drew only a whimper of opposition last week when the House voted 410-8 to approve it. Now, however, Lungren finds himself tussling with a national atheists and agnostics group. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation has sued to stop the engraving, accusing Lungren of trying to force his religious beliefs on as many as 15 percent of all U.S. adults.
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