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From: The Washington Times stories: Politics | July 15, 2009
CAPITOL Atheists target visitor center MADISON, Wis. | The nation’s largest group of atheists and agnostics filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block an architect from engraving “In God We Trust” and the Pledge of Allegiance at the new Capitol Visitor Center in Washington. The Madison-based Freedom from Religion Foundation’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in western Wisconsin, claims the taxpayer-funded engravings would be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion. The House and Senate passed identical resolutions this month directing the Architect of the Capitol to engrave “In God We Trust” and the Pledge in prominent places at the entrance …
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