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By George Lane
Denver Post Staff Writer

July 22, 2000 - Congress would encourage the display of the motto "In God We Trust" in
public buildings under a resolution proposed by U.S. Rep. Bob Schaffer of Fort Collins and
scheduled for House debate Monday.

Schaffer, a Republican, said he supports a similar action taken recently by the Colorado
State Board of Education that suggests the motto be in schools.

"It's time we acknowledge the values and beliefs upon which our country was founded
instead of push them aside," Schaffer said. "Too many American children grow up without
adequate knowledge of the impetus that drove our founding fathers to search for freedom,
culminating in the establishment of our system of government."

But a local pastor said posting the motto won't change morality.

"It's on our coins, and that hasn't changed anything," said the Rev. Clyde Miller, interim
pastor at Washington Park United Church of Christ.

The motto could be offensive to those "who aren't from the Judeo-Christian background, and
works against the diversity we are trying to achieve in this country," he said.
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Bio U.S. Rep. Bob Schaffer : Bob.Schaffer2@mail.house.gov rep.schaffer@mail.house.gov

married w/ five children, Emily and Jenny (twins), Justin, Sarah, and Mary.
The Schaffers are Roman Catholic and attend St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Fort
Collins, Colorado.

Contact Information:
Honorable Bob Schaffer
212 Cannon
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-4676

Please visit our home page at http://www.house.gov/schaffer/
You can E-Mail the representative at rep.schaffer@mail.house.gov


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Do you know that if all the christians were laid end to end
around the world, three quarters of them would drown?
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