The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) -- a church-state separation group -- put out a press release on March 12 announcing that the organization was joining 19 other plaintiffs in challenging "In God We Trust" on federal currency, The Blaze website reports today (March 14, 2013).
The challenge -- being made in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York -- was filed against the U.S. Treasury on February 1.
Well-known atheist activist Michael Newdow will be representing the group.
"Our government is prohibited from endorsing one religion over another but also prohibited from endorsing religion over nonreligion," FFRF's Dan Barker said in the press release. "The placement of a monotheistic ideal on our nation's currency violates this stricture and is therefore unconstitutional."
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