God returns to the Capitol Visitors Center

Congressman says YOU and your AFA made the difference!

October 6, 2009

When the $621 million Capitol Visitors Center opened last year, somebody was conspicuously absent at the opening ceremony: God.

Virtually all references to the role that faith in God played in the founding and development of the United States had been scrubbed from displays.

The secular fundamentalists who designed the exhibits even mistakenly said that our national motto is "E Pluribus Unum" ("Out of Many, One") and engraved it on stone, while the actual motto, "In God We Trust," was nowhere to be found in the 580,000 square feet of the CVC.

While there was plenty of room for mentions of Earth Day, AIDS rallies and casinos, there apparently was no room for God.

Your actions stirred the CVC to restore our nation's motto! But thanks to Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.), the Congressional Prayer Caucus, and you – yes, you – the oversight has been corrected and visitors to the center now see "In God We Trust" engraved over the entrance.

Rep. Forbes sent a special letter of thanks to Don Wildmon and the American Family Association for the help the AFA provided in correcting this egregious oversight. Your response to our Action Alerts on this important matter clearly made a difference, and everyone who comes to the Capitol Visitors Center from this day forward will notice.

Because Rep. Forbes staff is extremely busy, we don't want to overwhelm him with emails. Therefore, we have thanked him on behalf of all AFA Action Alert supporters.

Thanks to you, we and our children can enjoy this significant victory in our quest to preserve America's godly heritage.

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=============== COMMENTS ===============

11/14/2009 10:45:22 AM
Thank You Jesus

10/28/2009 8:43:04 PM
We cannot leave God out of any part of our country. c. welch Columbia, SC

10/28/2009 3:26:11 PM
We were there two weeks ago and noticed the error. Thanks for standing strong! Marginalizing? No! Changing history is what we're trying to avoid here.

10/27/2009 8:51:41 PM
Thanks be to God!

10/27/2009 6:22:42 PM
Yes religion played a large role in our nation; and yes it should be mentioned; but we are now a diverse nation of many religions, and marginalizing all the others is wrong.

10/16/2009 3:07:09 PM
..."be sober and vigilant" as the Bible states. So thankful for the watchmen on the wall like Rep. Forbes. God bless and help America. We love you and want to honor you. You have been faithful and we have not...help us to do what honors you the most. Y.O., Hawaii

10/16/2009 7:16:46 AM
God is still in control and without Him we are nothing. We need to always trust in Him. May we continue to pray for the people in government that they will focus on the motto "In God We Trust". Thank you for the work you do.

10/15/2009 10:03:20 AM
Without God we are nothing.

10/15/2009 9:44:13 AM
Thank you AFA and OMM for being alert and having this added to the entrance. I am forever grateful that the Lord is still in control when I got up this morning and He will be in control when I go to bed this evening.

10/15/2009 12:11:31 AM
Always "In God we do trust"

10/14/2009 2:20:41 PM
May this nation NOT ONLY continue to be blesed by God, but also kept by Him and in Him. Amen.

10/12/2009 4:05:37 PM
Stop to think, who has made it possible for you, you, and me, to be where we are today. Certainly, without HIM, we are nothing! Min

10/12/2009 3:58:27 PM
Best to God's Glory

10/12/2009 10:48:29 AM
I AM SO THANKFUL THAT SOMEONE HAS THE COURAGE AND FAITH TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED. AS PRESIDENT REAGAN SAID WHEN WE QUIT BEING ONE NATION UNDER GOD WE ARE ONE NATION GONE UNDER ,PEOPLE WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO DISTRUCTION,IF WE DONT TAKE A STAND FOR GOD AND HIS WORD.

10/12/2009 9:55:43 AM
I think it is a shame that a few people can make us change our way of life because they don't like it. they do not have a clue what our forefathers went thru to make this country what it is today. I say if you don't like america the way it is ,STAY AWAY

10/12/2009 9:03:09 AM
Thanks for staying in the fightf! In God we do trust.

10/11/2009 8:04:34 AM
Wonderful!!

10/10/2009 9:13:42 PM
Its nice to know Christians can win something.

10/10/2009 11:46:44 AM
wonderful!!!

10/9/2009 8:20:39 PM
The article was wonderfull and well though out.

10/9/2009 6:35:08 PM
I appreciate this action.

10/9/2009 4:46:25 PM
Thank you God for people like Rep.Forbes. We can make a difference. We can take our country back. Let's keep God in everything (we are many) Pray, God is listening. Be Blessed

10/9/2009 4:08:30 PM
Thats a nice story. The capital visitors center should have historical documentation of our religous features of this great nation. Now....let every Christian citizen seek in earnest to carry out the great comission as ambassadors of Jesus Christ. Charles

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