When has the government ever tried to establish a religion? I'd say... hmmm... NEVER, so there is nothing there to silence.
And I'm certain that if tomorrow government decided to put Allah all over coins, dollar bills, in the pledge of allegiance, in city halls and if government set up special celebrations for Ashura (a muslim holiday) you'd sit back and have no problem with it.
I'm absolutely certain of that.............................................................
Our coins already have allah, another word for god, all over them.
By putting God/Allah/Jehova/ect on the coin it does not establish a government religion.
Is it the muslim god, the catholic god, the baptist god, the jewish god, the protestant god....just who's god and religion does the government establish by saying "In God we Trust" on currency?
I know allah and god mean the same thing, but my point still stands. If god were replaced with allah, people in this country would have a meltdown, as well as my point if government gave the same attention to Ashura that it gives Christmas.
It's establishing that it believes in a god. I don't really care that much, our government is in a free fall with 78378913547364214756 things to fix before that.