# Why should "In God We Trust" be on our currency? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 2, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-in-god-we-trust-be-on-our-currency/654633 "2013-04-02T16:07:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 157
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-in-god-we-trust-be-on-our-currency/654633/157 "2013-04-04T05:07:57Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > They were being obnoxious - the polite thing would have been to shut up and go along with what they were “supposed” to do. With all due respect, have you ever read up on any of those people or their movements? The who point of both movements was to be polite while engaging in civil disobedience. Why do you think that all the Civil Rights protesters were dressed up in their Sunday best? Had the anti-Vietnam War protesters actually followed their model instead of dressing and behaving the way they did, perhaps they would have accomplished more than getting Nixon elected and causing the Vietnam War to be dragged out. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-in-god-we-trust-be-on-our-currency/654633)._