In one of the stranger stories lately (and that's saying something), Representative Steve King (R-IA) claimed today that his colleagues' resistance to engraving "In God We Trust" over the new Capitol Visitors' Center was responsible for his decision to oppose a bill that would mark the role of slaves in building the Capitol. From King's press release , via TPM:
This is just the latest example of a several year effort by liberals in Congress to scrub references to America's Christian heritage from our nation's Capitol. Liberals want to amend our country's history to eradicate the role of Christianity in America and chisel references to God or faith from our historical buildings.
House Resolution 135, "Directing the Architect of the Capitol to place a marker in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center which acknowledges the role that slave labor played in the construction of the United States Capitol," passed yesterday 399-1 . Rep. King was the 1.
[UPDATE: Rep. King's warnings of a liberal conspiracy notwithstanding, the House voted today (7/10/09) to add "In God We Trust" to the Capitol Visitor's Center.]
