Although I would have liked to have seen the Court fully support the First Amendment by dis-establishing the State religion, I knew this was not going to happen in this current environment, in which intellect and rational thought cowers before convention and the mob. Instead, I will have to be satisfied with the lower court's decision, which entirely neutered the inscription, stripping it of any spiritual significance whatsoever.

Now it is up to the religionists to acknowledge this reality and stop citing these empty (ok ... "ceremonial and patriotic") words as evidence of this being any kind of "Christian nation." Are you listening, Clay?

Considering the sellout of the Court to corporate control (in the insultingly named "Citizens United" abomination), it is easy to see why they would not want to offend the lunatic religionist segments on the Right, who have proven to be so useful to the corporate cause by being as doctrinaire absolutist about not only their religious beliefs, but also as absolutist in their political beliefs. The corporate Right doesn't care about the constitutionality of a religious phrase on all our money, as long as they can use the rubes who believe it isn't unconstitutional, and keep them in their pocket.