Thinks flag wording excludes too many
Even though I appreciate the efforts of many fine artists, I can't refrain from commenting on the content of the two finalists for the Mississippi state flag announced recently. Both of them include the seemingly universal phrase "In god we trust". We all know that this saying refers to the Christian god. We also all know that some large segment of our population does not believe in the Christian god, rather believing in other gods, sometimes many gods,
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