[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 27165]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1915
                            GOD & CENSORSHIP

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, good news. That which has been removed has been 
returned. That which has been censored is censored no more. Let me 
explain.
  The Architect of the Capitol took it upon himself to remove 
references of God from the official certificates that accompany flags 
that are flown over the Capitol. These flags and certificates are given 
to schools, citizens, and the military. Some Members of Congress, for 
example, request the words ``God'' and ``Country'' to be incorporated 
into the certificate. However, the word ``God'' was unilaterally 
stricken and censored from the document by the Architect. But those 
days are over. The Architect will now allow the word ``God'' on such 
certificates.
  The national motto is ``In God We Trust.'' We pledge allegiance 
saying ``one Nation under God.'' Our history is based upon a belief in 
the Supreme Being. And much of this Capitol has references to the 
Almighty.
  Mr. Speaker, many Americans are tired of paranoia government 
censorship of God, and consider attempts to remove God from America a 
violation of their constitutional rights. Thank God.
  And that's just the way it is.

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