The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), along with 19 other plaintiffs sued the U.S. Treasury for stamping “In God We Trust” on currency. Honorary FFRF board member, Mike Newdow, acted as legal counsel in the suit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on February 1, 2013.
IGWT was first added to coins during the Civil War and then to all currency in the 1950s. Plaintiffs allege that the religious verbiage is proselytizing, discriminatory and a per se establishment of monotheism in violation of the Establishment Clause.
