"The First Amendment to the Constitution is supposed to protect religion and government from each other by forbidding laws that promote a religion or hinder its private worship. However, the U.S. Supreme Court has a little junk drawer called 'ceremonial deism' in which it keeps religious laws it likes and protects them from constitutional banishment. These include Congressional prayers, 'In God We Trust' on money and the federal holiday of Christmas, along with the practice of swearing in witnesses with a Bible and an oath that ends: 'so help me God.'"